Senior Software Engineer II, AI Labs & Foundations
Core
Design, build, and operate high-scale production AI systems and agentic experiences (e.g., Cart Assistant, voice AI) that power grocery shopping for millions of customers.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (AI/ML Production)
Builds
Production AI-powered systems, agentic experiences, and foundational infrastructure for Instacart's platform.
Domain
Grocery delivery, AI/ML, Large Language Models (LLMs)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Golang, Python, or Typescript; AI/ML in production; end-to-end service ownership; CI/CD; observability; system design; cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
0-to-1 product development; conversational agents/agentic LLMs; STT/TTS; LLM fine-tuning; embedding systems/vector search/RAG; cloud platforms (AWS/GCP); containers (Docker); orchestration (Kubernetes); event-driven systems (Kafka)
Technologies
Golang, Python, Typescript, LLM APIs, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, Elasticsearch), Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and build production AI systems and agentic experiences; build foundational systems for AI experiences; integrate foundation models via APIs; own projects end-to-end from design to deployment; collaborate with cross-functional partners; drive engineering excellence and technical leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
