Staff Android Engineer, Pick & Deliver @Instacart

Overview

Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by helping people access the food they love while enabling retailers, brands, and shoppers to succeed. The Pick & Deliver organization builds the technology that powers critical in-store and delivery operations across the Instacart marketplace. The role of Staff Android Engineer involves serving as a technical lead within the organization and delivering high-visibility mobile experiences that impact the end-user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction and execution of Android experiences that support retailers and shoppers across all phases of picking an order.
• Design, build, test, and maintain high-quality Android applications using modern technologies including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and RxJava.
• Partner with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, iOS Engineering, retailers, and external vendors to define solutions for complex operational and customer needs.
• Own projects from technical discovery through delivery, balancing immediate retailer priorities with long-term platform health, scalability, and maintainability.
• Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and developer experience through profiling, instrumentation, and architectural improvements.
• Provide technical leadership by facilitating design discussions, mentoring engineers, and establishing best practices.
• Contribute to a roadmap that includes new picking models and investments in the Android platform.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial experience developing and shipping Android applications.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and experience with modern Android development practices.
• Experience leading the technical execution of complex, cross-functional software projects.
• Experience designing maintainable Android architectures and improving application performance.
• Ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, and external stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain technical decisions and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Benefits

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits. This role is remote and eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.

Location

Remote - United States

How to Apply

Please visit the Instacart career page to apply.