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Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

64 days ago

Salary

$221K - $279.5K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishApacheDistributed SystemsKafka

Job Description

Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Instacart

• Translate Instacart’s data strategy into an actionable multi-year architecture roadmap. • Own the open lakehouse foundation defining and delivering unified table formats. • Drive real-time and streaming infrastructure for critical use cases. • Pioneer AI-native data infrastructure engineering by applying LLM/AI tools. • Elevate engineering excellence by leading architecture reviews and mentoring engineers.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating data infrastructure or distributed systems at production scale.
  • Hands-on expertise with modern data lakehouse architectures and open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi).
  • Experience with event-driven and streaming infrastructure (e.g., Kafka, Flink) for real-time pipelines and serving systems.
  • Proven ownership of major platform transitions or migrations delivered to production.
  • Ability to build cost/benefit and TCO models for infrastructure investments.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • New hire equity grant
  • Annual refresh grants

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