Cloud Engineer, Platform

Instacart is hiring a Cloud Engineer, Platform to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Cloud Engineer, Platform, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a freelance, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (EST)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security What we offer: • Annual learning and professional development budget • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Paid parental leave • Home office and wellness stipends • 401(k) retirement plan with company match How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Instacart is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 2+ years of relevant experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Strong troubleshooting skills • On-call and incident response experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment