Overview

Instacart is building the best way for people anywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Since Instacart started in 2012, we’ve launched same-day delivery in 200 US markets. We are laser focused on delivering groceries from your favorite stores right to your door. We now cover over 60% of US households and aim to have 80% coverage by the end 2018—that’s 90 million households! From a technology point of view, the platform is complex, rapidly scaling and processing millions of transactions in real-time all of the time. Our technology coupled with operational expertise enables Instacart to deliver fresh groceries in as little as an hour. This is a difficult problem to master and we are making it happen. Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is absolutely magical.

Location: Anywhere in the US/ North America

Responsibilities

  • Executing a variety of projects to extend and enhance our Instacart application for iPhone and iPad
  • Building new features to create an experience nothing short of magical

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science is preferred with 5+ years of software development experience and at least 3 years of iOS app development experience
  • Very strong development skills in Swift, Objective C, iOS SDK, and good general programming and algorithm skills
  • Superior analytical skills and a strong sense of urgency
  • Proven customer facing application development, troubleshooting, deployment and application performance tuning experience
  • Proven ability to build, launch and iterate on apps under pressure
  • A strong sense of ownership, ability to work independently and proven track record of driving products
  • Previous experience working remote or leading a distributed team is required

Benefits 

  • Talented and collaborative coworkers who will both push and support you
  • Market competitive salary, equity
  • Medical, dental, vision benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
  • Take what you need vacation (and we really mean it)
  • 16 weeks maternity leave / 8 weeks paternity leave so you can truly bond with your child
  • Complimentary Instacart express membership

Resources 

In your application, please include a short note about your background and interests, your Github username, and/or links to any projects that represent your skill set.