About the job
Transforming the Grocery Industry
At Instacart, we believe in sharing love through food, ensuring everyone has access to their favorite groceries and quality time with loved ones. We don’t just see grocery delivery as a necessity; we recognize the exciting complexities and opportunities it presents to meet the diverse needs of our community. We provide an essential service that customers depend on for groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earning opportunities to our Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a vital resource for millions, and we’re assembling a dynamic team to propel our shopping cart forward. If you are ready to deliver your best work, we invite you to join our team.
Flex First Work Environment
We embrace a flexible approach in how we perform our best work. Our team members can choose their work location—whether from home, an office, or their favorite coffee shop—while fostering connections and community through regular in-person events. Discover more about our flexible work approach.
Overview
About the Role
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer II, you will be instrumental in ensuring the stability and performance of our platform. You will tackle challenges head-on, ensuring optimal performance and fostering a culture that emphasizes reliable and effective practices. We are seeking a proactive individual who is adept at solving complex problems and is enthusiastic about exploring innovative solutions to support our teams and services.
About the Team
The Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team merges software and systems engineering to design and maintain large-scale, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. Our mission is to guarantee high reliability, optimal performance, and continuous improvement for Instacart’s critical internal services and customer-facing systems.
The SRE team focuses on enhancing existing systems, constructing robust infrastructure, and automating processes to reduce manual efforts. Joining the SRE team means facing unique scaling challenges while applying your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

