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Staff Software Engineer, Bazel, Go
Location
Canada
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$229K - $241K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, Bazel, Go
Instacart
• Lead the technical direction for Instacart's Bazel build system, including remote caching, remote build execution (RBE), build performance, and the developer-facing ergonomics of the build. • Lead the technical direction for our Go platform, frameworks, standard libraries, service scaffolding, and patterns that Go engineers across Instacart depend on. • Design and drive multi-quarter initiatives that measurably improve build times, CI reliability, and the local development loop for engineers working in Bazel and Go. • Own the developer experience metrics for the systems you lead, define what "good" looks like, instrument it, and use the data to prioritize investment. • Partner with infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams to roll out changes to the build system and Go platform with minimal disruption. • Set the technical bar for the systems you own on reliability, performance, upgrade cadence, and developer ergonomics. • Mentor engineers in the team and the broader engineering org; grow the community of Bazel and Go experts at Instacart. • Represent the team in cross-org technical discussions on build, CI/CD, and backend platform direction.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of software development experience.
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Bazel, including remote caching, remote build execution (RBE), and performance tuning of large build graphs.
- Strong production experience writing and operating Go services at scale, with a point of view on structuring large Go codebases (frameworks, dependency management, testing patterns, shared libraries).
- Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives with measurable impact on developer velocity, build performance, or CI reliability.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and distributed systems.
- Strong technical leadership, driving direction, mentoring engineers, and influencing without direct authority.
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
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