Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform

Instacart is hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (PST)). 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: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Monitor systems and respond to incidents What we offer: • Paid parental leave • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Flexible working hours across US time zones • 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: • 5+ years of relevant experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • On-call and incident response experience • Strong troubleshooting skills Nice to have: • A growth mindset and eagerness to keep learning • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear)