Senior Software Engineer, Caper AI

Instacart
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 255,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Leadership"]

Design, build, and implement software and AI systems that help retailers manage connected store technologies at scale. You’ll develop web applications integrating LLMs, computer vision, and multimodal capabilities, architect real-time data pipelines and reverse ETL, and standardize backend API contracts for pricing, coupons, and loyalty. Lead backend and distributed infrastructure for large data volumes, and create tooling for automated integration testing, logging, and query-based debugging.

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Instacart
Instacart
3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer, Caper AI

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Job Summary

Design, build, and implement software and AI systems that help retailers manage connected store technologies at scale. You’ll develop web applications integrating LLMs, computer vision, and multimodal capabilities, architect real-time data pipelines and reverse ETL, and standardize backend API contracts for pricing, coupons, and loyalty. Lead backend and distributed infrastructure for large data volumes, and create tooling for automated integration testing, logging, and query-based debugging.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and implement software solutions integrating LLMs, computer vision, and multimodal technologies for retailer loss prevention, verification, and catalog management.
  • •Architect data pipelines and reverse ETL systems combining on-cart computer vision, catalog and POS data, real-time location data, and inventory signals.
  • •Standardize API contracts for pricing, coupons, and loyalty systems across disparate retailer platforms to accelerate feature integrations.
  • •Lead architectural design of backend systems and distributed infrastructure to process high volumes of data and improve platform performance.
  • •Build frameworks and internal portals for automated integration testing, unified logging, and query-based debugging to support continuous deployments.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 255,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or foreign equivalent).
  • •5+ years of experience in the role or related work.
  • •5+ years working with backend programming languages such as Java, Ruby, or Kotlin.
  • •5+ years working with TypeScript and frontend technologies such as React and Next.js.
  • •5+ years designing backend systems and distributed infrastructure (including caching, retry logic, asynchronous workflows via Temporal) plus experience with monitoring and observability.
Experience:5+ yearsRetail technologyConnected store technology
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationLeadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaRubyKotlinTypeScriptReactNext.jsLLMsLarge Language ModelsComputer VisionMultimodal technologiesAPIsData pipelinesETLReverse ETLPOS dataTemporalCachingRetry logicAsynchronous workflowsMonitoring

Company Brief

Instacart
Operates an online grocery marketplace connecting customers with personal shoppers and local retailers for grocery delivery and pickup. Provides technology, logistics, and advertising solutions to supermarkets and consumer packaged goods brands.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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