Overview

ABOUT THE ROLE

As we evolve to build a world class platform we are looking for highly skilled and motivated engineers to join our team. The role is half Cloud Service architecture, half expert mastery of e-commerce business logic; it's a unique opportunity to design the next generation of Instacart's foundational platform and help drive our exponential growth. You'll ensure millions of orders, millions of credit card transactions, and tens of millions of line-item invoice calculations are completed reliably, scalably, and touch-free daily.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Platform team plays a pivotal role in driving innovation and scalability within Instacart's core e-commerce capabilities, including pricing, discounting, orders, invoicing, and loyalty. By focusing on shared services and infrastructure, the team accelerates value creation for multiple product and feature teams. We recognize the significance of building robust foundations that enable efficient scaling to new business lines and use cases. Joining our team means being at the forefront of shaping the future of online grocery shopping, where your contributions will directly impact millions of customers and partners worldwide.

ABOUT THE JOB

• We work in small teams with significant ownership and autonomy over your project
• You’ll be working across teams, solving big problems at an organizational level that changes how Instacart operates
• Design, implement, and ship high-quality features with a strong sense of urgency and accountability
• Work closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and peer engineering teams to define project requirements and execution plans
• Ensure that system designs including APIs, deployment architecture, and dependency selection result in highly scalable, robust solutions that minimize support costs and improve an outstanding customer experience
• Contribute broadly to Instacart’s success by exercising your freedom to suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives

ABOUT YOU

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of software development experience
• A strong sense of ownership
• Self-motivation and enjoyment of a startup environment
• Solid understanding of common back-end Web technologies in a production environment
• An ability to balance priorities with shipping high-quality and pragmatic solutions
• Experience working with a large codebase shared with multi-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of SQL
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Do you have exceptional experience with, skills for, or just interest in any of the following software engineering areas? We are looking for someone who has a good mix of the following traits:

• Expertise in invoicing and billing processes within an e-commerce environment. This includes being familiar with customer invoices, resolving discrepancies, and managing invoicing cycles. Familiarity with relevant invoicing regulations and tax requirements is beneficial.
• Experience with order management systems (OMS) or eCommerce platforms that handle the end-to-end order lifecycle.  Understanding of the overall eCommerce operations and processes involved in managing customer orders, from the point of placing an order to delivery
• In-depth understanding of various payment systems and methods used in eCommerce, including credit/debit cards, digital wallets, mobile payments, and alternative payment solutions. Familiarity with payment gateways and payment service providers (PSPs) is also valuable
• Experience in eCommerce discounting, including a solid understanding of discount strategies and promotional campaigns. Good knowledge of pricing strategies, discount structures and ability to analyze the financial impact of different discount scenarios and make data-driven decisions.
• Experimentation frameworks and data driven approach to development

Instacart's technology is constantly evolving and adapting. Some of the technologies you would use in our teams at Instacart include:

• Ruby on Rails framework using Sorbet for strong-typing
• Client-facing flexible APIs exposed via GraphQL
• Postgres and Snowflake backend relational data stores
• Temporal workflow 
• Async durable event handling infrastructure including async RPC via AWS SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ
• Caching and durable job dispatching using Memcached and Redis
• Auto-scaling elastic service deployments built on AWS ECS, ALBs, and supporting cloud services
• Rich monitoring and alerting infrastructure built on AWS Cloud Watch, DataDog, Sentry, OpsGenie, and supporting services
• Any new integrations you will research, propose, implement, and deploy!

About The Role:

We're looking for a Principal Ruby on Rails Engineer to build and support critical, client-facing and internal systems that provide real-time roadside assistance to a diverse customer-base, which range from OEM & Insurance carriers to connected vehicles. This individual will lead initiatives through all technical roadmap phases- design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, while continuously improving system health & quality. We are continuously making strides towards a true CI/CD culture and conduct daily Releases, and this individual would be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, with limited supervision, while maintaining and improving software and reliability metrics.

Key Outcomes:

• Full technical accountability of team product domains and support.
• Principal-level IC code contribution while setting and improving coding practices and standards.
• Work closely with Product managers to set expectations, clarify requirements, and communicate solution designs. 
• Demonstrate technical expertise in multiple domains and mentor other developers on team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members on all aspects of product development.
• Identify technical opportunities, draft proposals, architect, plan and implement solutions with the team.
• Instrument monitors and provide post-launch support to live systems.

Requirements:

• You have 10+ years of experience in building large-scale web applications.
• Experience as a Principal engineer on a team of more than 3 engineers.
• Highly proficient in Ruby on Rails(including Sidekiq) and have a track record of delivering successful projects.
• In-depth understanding of systems design, and scalable & reliable-data, API(REST/GraphQL) and presentation layers.
• Expert in data modeling and in working with data storage and retrieval systems, in particular Redis, SQL, Postgres.
• Ability to own complete features and systems end-to-end - conception, breakdown, implementation, deployment.
• Conversant with multiple system, API, and code design patterns and paradigms, and can advocate and influence peers to adopt and implement effective practices.
• Appetite to learn new technologies quickly and onboard to stack.
• A self-starter, results-oriented individual with excellent problem solving skills.
• CS or Engineering related Degree.

Nice To Haves:

• GraphQL
• Elastic Search
• Datadog
• ReactJS
• CircleCI/Harness

Hiring In:

• United States:  AZ, FL, GA, NH, IL, KY, MA, MI, NC, NM, TN, VA 
• Canada: Province of Ontario

What does a Frontend Software Engineer do at Handshake?

Handshake is building a diverse team of dynamic engineers who value creating a high-quality, high-impact product. We are looking for a Frontend Engineer with demonstrated experience shipping high-quality and accessible user experiences. You will be supporting a team of talented engineers and designers by contributing to tools and libraries that are used by development teams and shipped to our users. You will work on a small multi-functional team with other engineers, designers and product managers.

Here are some projects we're excited for you to work on at Handshake:

• Consult, educate, and empower other FrontEnd engineers as they build & ship innovative software.

• Own product surfaces end-to-end, and build and ship high-quality and accessible consumer facing user-experiences.

• Research, prototype and develop solutions in support of the adoption of new technologies.

• Develop libraries and contribute in ways that impact every engineer and our customers.

• Working with Designers to create a Component Library that services other teams.

About you:

• Minimum 7 years of FE development experience

• You have a strong sense of ownership and a passion for efficiency and writing clean, high-quality code.

• You act with empathy when partnering with fellow engineers and coworkers.

• You have experience building Component Libraries and working in Design Systems to build friendly user-experiences

• You appreciate strong documentation and procedures.

• You are proud of your craft, and enjoy and value clean code that scales to keep large teams productive.

• You have experience in building consumer-facing web applications in a dynamic development environment.

Technologies you'll work with

• React, Styled Components, TypeScript, Storybook

• Redux, GraphQL

• Webpack, ESBuild, Rollup

• Evolving CI/CD Pipelines in GitHub and Netlify

Compensation Range

$210,000 - $240,000

What does a Frontend Software Engineer do at Handshake?

Handshake is building a diverse team of dynamic engineers who value creating a high-quality, high-impact product. We are looking for a Frontend Engineer with demonstrated experience shipping high-quality and accessible user experiences. You will be supporting a team of talented engineers and designers by contributing to tools and libraries that are used by development teams and shipped to our users. You will work on a small multi-functional team with other engineers, designers and product managers.

Here are some projects we're excited for you to work on at Handshake:

• Consult, educate, and empower other FrontEnd engineers as they build & ship innovative software.

• Own product surfaces end-to-end, and build and ship high-quality and accessible consumer facing user-experiences.

• Research, prototype and develop solutions in support of the adoption of new technologies.

• Develop libraries and contribute in ways that impact every engineer and our customers.

• Working with Designers to create a Component Library that services other teams.

About you:

• Minimum 5 years of FE development experience

• You have a strong sense of ownership and a passion for efficiency and writing clean, high-quality code.

• You act with empathy when partnering with fellow engineers and coworkers.

• You have experience building Component Libraries and working in Design Systems to build friendly user-experiences

• You appreciate strong documentation and procedures.

• You are proud of your craft, and enjoy and value clean code that scales to keep large teams productive.

• You have experience in building consumer-facing web applications in a dynamic development environment.

Technologies you'll work with

• React, Styled Components, TypeScript, Storybook

• Redux, GraphQL

• Webpack, ESBuild, Rollup

• Evolving CI/CD Pipelines in GitHub and Netlify

Compensation Range

$180,000 - $200,000

This is Engineering at Lattice

Lattice’s Engineering team is continuously working to better both our product and our craft. We use a modern, cutting-edge tech stack aimed at developer productivity and delight. We strive for maintainable, robust, and performant code. We’re highly collaborative and continuously iterative and work closely with designers and product managers. We prioritize not only great technical architecture but also an amazing product experience.

What You Will Do

Work within an existing product suite to both build new features, and iterate on existing ones, and multiply the impact of your teammates.

• You’ll work with other engineers to build and own products across a modern tech stack. Our current stack includes React, Relay Modern, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node, and PostgreSQL. We rely on AWS to host our infrastructure.
• You’ll assist in debugging and troubleshooting issues in existing applications, ensuring functionality and performance are optimized.
• You’ll participate in code reviews and testing processes to ensure high-quality software deliverables and improve your coding skills.
• You’ll contribute to project documentation and maintain technical documentation for reference and reporting purposes.
• You’ll make contributions to our engineering practices, identifying and evangelizing improvements to improve our team output.
• You’ll build software to help companies operate efficiently and achieve their goals.

What You Will Bring to the Table

You have 2+ years of professional experience writing and maintaining production-level applications.

• You’ve worked with a modern programming language like JavaScript and Typescript, and are well versed in frameworks such as React, Relay and Next.js.
• You know how to make complex components with multiple use-cases, easy to compose and use across a scaling organization
• You understand and promote the benefits of pragmatic testing from the component level to entire pages
• You have worked on design systems or UI framework integration/maintenance, and understand how to build and maintain them, along with the necessary communication to ensure proper and healthy usage
• You seek out the root cause when debugging software defects, and champion improvements that prevent future issues.
• You understand and champion accessibility requirements for modern web development and are passionate about helping every potential user.

You’re a great communicator and collaborator.

• You take care to write code that your colleagues can also own, understand, and maintain.
• You’re clear and concise in explaining your thought process and in enumerating the tradeoffs made in your work.
• You can work well with designers and product managers to come up with optimal solutions.

You enjoy taking an active role in the development process.

• You will take care in the details of the implementation.
• You love mentoring and supporting other software engineers who are newer to the industry.
• You have experience taking the lead in planning and executing the development roadmap for software projects.

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $112,000 - $164,500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

#LI-remote

This is Engineering at Lattice

Lattice’s Engineering team is continuously working to better both our product and our craft. We use a modern, cutting-edge tech stack and love experimenting with new technologies. We strive for maintainable, robust, and performant code. We’re highly collaborative and continuously iterative and work closely with designers and product managers. We prioritize not only great technical architecture, but also an amazing product experience. 

Lattice is enhancing its platform so that every organization can manage its people efficiently and strategically. The HRIS admin team is focused on building the core experience for HR administrators to leverage Lattice as an HRIS. The team’s vision is to empower HR administrators with unprecedented data configurability and highlight actionable insights for strategic decision-making.

What You Will Do

• You’ll be responsible for building software to help companies build cultures in which their employees thrive.
• You’ll partner with other engineers to build and own products across a modern tech stack. (Our current stack includes: React, Relay Modern, GraphQL, Node, and PostgreSQL. We rely on AWS to host our infrastructure. We use Temporal for complex event flow management along with AWS EventBus).
• You’ll craft contributions to our engineering practices, identifying and evangelizing improvements to improve team output.
• You’ll provide substantial mentorship to less experienced colleagues, helping to refine their technical craft and expand their knowledge.
• You’ll independently lead the execution of complex projects, including those that require cross-functional collaboration with product managers and designers.
• You will create high-quality Technical Design Documents and address review comments from relevant stakeholders

What You Will Bring to the Table

• You are passionate about Software Development and have 2+ years of professional experience writing and maintaining production-level applications.
• You have production-level experience in TypeScript, React and GraphQL and are passionate about learning and using any new technologies that are required at the job.
• Prior experience with software Integrations is a plus, not a requirement.
• You are efficient in SQL and know how to model data and write performant queries in a relational database like PostgreSQL.
• You love to work on challenging projects.
• You are able to seek  out the root cause when debugging software defects, and champion improvements that prevent future issues.
• You’re always striving towards understanding the codebase inside and out.
• You have the ability to understand the nuances of product requirements and translate them into code.
• You’re clear and concise in explaining your thought process in both written and verbal format.

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $112,000 - $164,500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

#LI-remote

This is Engineering at Lattice

Lattice’s Engineering team is continuously working to better both our product and our craft. We use a modern, cutting-edge tech stack and love experimenting with new technologies. We strive for maintainable, robust, and performant code. We’re highly collaborative and continuously iterative and work closely with designers and product managers. We prioritize not only great technical architecture, but also an amazing product experience. 

Lattice is enhancing its platform so that every organization can manage its people efficiently and strategically. The HRIS admin team is focused on building the core experience for HR administrators to leverage Lattice as an HRIS. The team’s vision is to empower HR administrators with unprecedented data configurability and highlight actionable insights for strategic decision-making.

What You Will Do

• You’ll be responsible for building software to help companies build cultures in which their employees thrive.
• You’ll partner with other engineers to build and own products across a modern tech stack. Our current stack includes Typescript, React, Relay Modern, GraphQL, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• You’ll drive forward the execution of complex projects, many of which require tight cross-functional collaboration with product managers and designers as well as cross-team collaboration between engineers.
• You will make contributions to our engineering practices, identifying and evangelizing improvements to improve our team output.
• You will create and update high-quality technical documentation based on feedback from relevant stakeholders.
• You will focus on improving our user experience and find creative ways to reduce user pain points.

What You Will Bring to the Table

• You are passionate about software development and have 2+ years of professional experience writing and maintaining production-level applications.
• You have production-level experience in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, and are passionate about learning and using any new technologies that are required at the job.
• Prior experience within B2B SaaS is a plus, not a requirement.
• You are efficient in SQL and know how to model data and write performant queries in a relational database like PostgreSQL.
• You love to work on challenging projects that require coordination with multiple teams and multiple engineers.
• You are able to seek out the root cause when debugging software defects, and champion improvements that prevent future issues.
• You are always striving towards understanding the codebase inside and out.
• You have the ability to understand the nuances of product requirements and translate them into code.
• You take care to write code that your colleagues will also own, comprehend, and maintain.
• You are clear and concise in explaining your thought process and in enumerating the tradeoffs made in your work.

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $112,000 - $164,500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.