Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling

Instacart is hiring a Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a contract, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — Anywhere in the US). 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: • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security What we offer: • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • Paid parental leave • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Annual learning and professional development budget 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: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Strong troubleshooting skills • On-call and incident response experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team