Instacart aims to transform the grocery industry by providing access to food and flexible shopping solutions while enhancing the customer experience through intelligent systems and personalization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 2 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, or artificial intelligence.
- Hands-on experience with fundamental ML concepts and tools.
- Strong SQL skills to derive insights from data.
- Experience deploying ML models into high-traffic production environments.
- Experience building data pipelines (batch vs. real-time) for ML features.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement backend features that incorporate ML/AI: Develop enhancements to Instacart’s systems (search, recommendations, etc.) using your own lightweight ML techniques.
- Collaborate on productionizing complex models: Work closely with Machine Learning Engineers to integrate their advanced research models into production services.
- Develop data-driven algorithms and heuristics: Create robust pipelines for data aggregation and rule-based heuristics to power features like 'trending items' or 'popular searches'.
- Implement and monitor evaluation metrics: Adopt a debug-first and analytical mindset for all intelligent features.
- Maintain high engineering standards: Ensure that all code meets Instacart’s quality standards.
- Write unit and integration tests for both backend services and ML pipelines.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure the systems you build are scalable, maintainable, and easy to debug.
Other
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams and partnering with ML engineers, product managers, and data scientists.
- Willingness to learn new AI technologies and adapt to the iterative, experiment-driven workflow of ML projects.
- The role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location.
