Senior Software Engineer II, (ML/AI Platform)

Instacart
remote2026-04-21

About the job

As a Senior Engineer on the ML/AI platform team, you will play a key role in building the internal platform which supports training and deploying AI models across the entire organization. You’ll take ownership of defining the platform to enable AI model fine-tuning and batch inference by building the SDKs and supporting the infra to support these unique workloads. We are looking for someone with high ownership and the ability to be a leader in the space.

Responsibilities

Excited to build platform-level tools, SDKs

Ability to manage cross-cutting stakeholder relationships, prioritizing customer needs first

Eager to navigate ambiguous, hairy, and technical problem spaces

Eager to jump into domains, languages, and problem areas that might be new and unfamiliar

Qualifications

Minimum

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

3 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages

2 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, and 1 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership

Strong proficiency in maintaining high standards for production services

Rapid coding skills and management of production services

Experience with high scale throughput and distributed systems problems

Preferred

Strong communication skills and ability to contextualize problems across various audiences

Skilled at navigating ambiguity and involving the right stakeholders to address issues efficiently

Experience building and shipping products to users

Expertise  building platforms and high scale infrastructure

Visionary thinker capable of generating transformative ideas

Prior experience working with AI Platforms like Ray is a plus