<div class="content-intro"><h3>We're transforming the grocery industry</h3><p>At <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a>, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a> Personal Shoppers.</p><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a> has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.</p><h3><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a> is a Flex First team </h3><p>There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. <a href="https://www.instacart.careers/flex-first" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://instacart.careers/remote/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651869232122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw37OlxP8hAKN7nq4YwHQH7e" rel="nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.</a></p></div><h3>Overview</h3><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a> is powered by a robust set of cloud services. Our backend systems power the clients used by millions of customers every year to buy their groceries online. These systems must also support tight integration with the largest retailers in the US and Canada. Engineering at <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a> provides the opportunity to work on challenging scaling problems while also designing the features that will define our industry. Large-scale caching and storage plays an integral role in delivering efficient, performant experiences to customers. You will have the opportunity to own and build a whole new set of foundational engineering components in an open collaborative environment serving millions of requests daily.</p><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a>’s storage needs are ever-evolving and growing. The Database Storage team are stewards of the database infrastructure that supports <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/instacart">Instacart</a>’s core lines of business. The scale of this involves hundreds of clusters holding petabytes of data, with continuous 24/7 monitoring and uptime requirements. In response to this dynamic, demanding