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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days Instacart's roles stay open a median of 33 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Instacart's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Instacart
- moderate 36 stale, 3 reposted of 109 open
- Hiring momentum
- 212 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Instacart's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Instacart.
About this role
As a Senior Mobile Engineer at Instacart, you will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing large-scale Android and backend software systems. Your day-to-day tasks will include developing high-performance mobile solutions, leading the application development lifecycle, ensuring security and compliance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver new features.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Instacart as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or related field (or foreign equivalent)
- 5 years of experience in the job offered or related
- 2 years of experience in advanced Android development, including MVVM/MVI architecture and dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger or Hilt
- 2 years of experience in Kotlin, Java, and SQL, including work with asynchronous programming frameworks and thread safety in mobile and backend environments
- 2 years of experience with CI/CD automation, testing, and monitoring, using tools such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or related
- 2 years of experience working in Agile teams, with strong skills in Git version control, technical documentation, code review, refactoring, and debugging
What you get
- Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy.
Worth weighing
- Remote role with flexibility in work location
- Base pay range is dependent on permanent work location, with specific ranges provided for different states.
- No specific details on additional benefits beyond compensation and equity grants.
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Listed by Instacart on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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