Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance a comprehensive data platform that addresses strategic challenges within Ads and throughout Instacart.

• Create and implement systems that capture and enforce data compliance standards.

• Improve self-service functionalities for internal users.

• Ensure strong guarantees regarding data integrity and consistency.

• Integrate various requirements and collaborate with multiple engineering teams.

• Propel the platform’s overarching vision, strategic alignment, and ongoing delivery.

• Convert raw data into actionable insights for advertisers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and sales teams.

• Guide and decompose complex issues while maintaining focus on the broader data vision.

• Work alongside engineers and engineering teams, offering mentorship and promoting a robust engineering culture.

• Contribute to the data vision and engineering architecture; create and evaluate technical documents aligned with business objectives.

• Manage engineering initiatives from start to finish, addressing risks, establishing goals, and ensuring successful execution and delivery.

• Balance maintainability, technical debt, and the development of new features.

• Oversee and manage systems that support metrics transformation and storage, billing, spam detection, and lift testing.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software development.

• Demonstrated ability to engage with multiple stakeholders while navigating ambiguity and conflicting requirements.

• Self-driven with a strong sense of ownership in a dynamic startup environment.

• Proficiency in Spark, ETLs, Distributed System architecture, MapReduce, SQL, and Big Data infrastructure.

• Experience in balancing urgency and practicality with high-quality, sustainable solutions.

• Preferred: 10+ years of experience.

• Preferred: Solid background in Scala and functional programming.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, Python, Terraform, and Go.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work location options including home, office, or a coffee shop.

• Regular in-person events to foster team connection.

• Equity grant for new hires.

• Annual refresh of equity grants.

• Compensation and benefits that are competitive within the market.