Senior Software Engineer II - Ads Quality @Instacart

Overview

The role involves working as a Senior Software Engineer II in Instacart's Ads Quality team, focusing on machine learning infrastructure to enhance ad performance across various stages of ad serving. This position is remote and emphasizes collaboration with a cross-functional team to develop systems that optimize stability, latency, and cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning infrastructure to address challenges in the marketplace.
• Optimize training and serving funnel bottlenecks for improved throughput, cost, and latency.
• Identify and resolve instabilities in systems and procedures to ensure high availability.
• Build real-time feature processing infrastructure for ad requests.
• Lead the infrastructure foundation for a real-time sequential foundation model.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to align system designs with business needs.
• Mentor engineers and conduct code reviews to foster a culture of technical excellence.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in computer science, AI, machine learning, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in building ML infrastructure or using ML for real-world applications.
• Deep expertise in managing ML infrastructure in production settings.
• Strong programming skills (Python, Go) and data manipulation expertise (SQL, Spark, Pandas).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to explore new domains and problem areas.

Benefits

Instacart offers competitive compensation and benefits, including a new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants. The specific pay range varies by location.

Location

Remote within the United States.

How to Apply

Application details are provided through Instacart's career page.

Deadline

No specific application deadline is mentioned.