AI Solutions Architect

Instacart

AI Solutions Architect at Instacart owning data architecture, integration design, and governance for enterprise solutions. Engaging directly with engineering teams and customers to implement AI solutions.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $195,000 - $247,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own data modeling, integration design, and governance across every engagement
Map customer data and Instacart's data ontology together
Establish integration patterns between the Intelligence Platform and partner systems
Bridge partner technical requirements with Instacart R&D roadmaps, APIs, and SDKs
Prototype and code in real-time alongside partners
Review designs and unblock the Forward Deployed Engineers
Codify reusable integration patterns into scalable architecture templates

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or senior software engineering
Deep expertise in data architecture and modeling across messy, heterogeneous enterprise environments
Experience designing integrations across complex enterprise environments including ERP, POS, Snowflake, and proprietary APIs
Hands-on coding is non-negotiable
Proven customer-facing experience presenting technical architectures to both engineering and executive audiences
Strong systems thinking
Comfort defining architecture from first principles in greenfield, ambiguous environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
Equity grants for new hires and annual refresh grants
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

data modelingintegration designdata architecturecodingintegration patternsAPIsSDKsarchitecture templatesdata governanceenterprise environments

Soft Skills

customer-facing experiencepresenting technical architecturessystems thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationleadershipadaptabilitycritical thinkingstrategic thinking