• Drive the technical vision, architectural direction, and execution of high‑impact platform capabilities across Instacart’s Enterprise Fulfillment Platform APIs and services • Own some of the most complex problem spaces in fulfillment orchestration, external integrations, and high‑throughput distributed systems • Shape the next generation of Instacart’s fulfillment technology, ensuring reliability, scalability, and long‑term efficiency across the ecosystem • Operate as a senior technical leader, influencing engineering direction across teams, mentoring senior engineers, and establishing engineering excellence standards without formal management responsibilities • Partner closely with product, design, infrastructure, and external‑facing teams to define requirements, integration contracts, and platform strategy • Lead execution of major, ambiguous platform initiatives from concept through launch, frequently spanning multiple teams and stakeholders • Establish best practices and frameworks for next‑generation orchestration, partner‑facing APIs, and platform capabilities • Serve as a subject‑matter expert in distributed systems, platform architecture, and integration‑oriented design

• Design, build, test, and deploy production-ready features end-to-end • Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to deliver user-focused solutions • Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code using modern frameworks • Improve performance, reliability, and system architecture over time • Participate in technical discussions and help shape engineering best practices • Use automation, AI tools, and modern workflows to increase velocity and quality

• Lead technical direction and architecture across projects involving scalable microservices distributed systems and modern data platforms. • Lead architecture and implementation of high-impact initiatives such as the Next-Gen Orchestration Engine (NGOE) and MCP Gateway. • Integrate generative and agentic AI capabilities into the platform to drive customer outcomes. • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to translate product vision into actionable technical roadmaps. • Maintain high standards for quality security system resiliency performance and operational efficiency. • Stay hands-on by participating in technical design reviews code reviews architectural planning and incident retrospectives. • Champion modern engineering practices such as continuous delivery test automation and cloud-native deployment. • Mentor senior and staff engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering leadership within the team. • Represent the platform team in broader architectural discussions and technical forums.

• Contribute to the design, architecture, and execution of backend + frontend • Advance our back-end architecture and stay one step ahead of growth • Take technical ownership of features and move the product forward • Partner closely with the product team to consistently move the needle • Present cross-team launches and updates at company-wide check-ins • We make heavy use of Next.js, Node, Firestore, Stripe, Sendgrid, and Twilio