Senior Android Engineer II, Digital Twin Platform

September 9, 2026

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We're transforming the grocery industry

At Instacart, 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 Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart 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.

Instacart is a Flex First team

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. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Overview

The Digital Twin Platform team at Instacart is on a mission to understand exactly what is on store shelves at any given moment. Inventory intelligence is foundational to some of Instacart's most critical products — from search and logistics to enterprise AI solutions for grocers of all sizes. Our team owns the end-to-end data supply chain, spanning ingestion and integration of partner data sources, collection of in-store inventory observations, model development, serving, and product integrations across the Instacart ecosystem.

We're a growing team sitting at the intersection of physical retail and cutting-edge technology, working closely with Caper, Inventory Intelligence, and Fulfillment to bring real-time shelf intelligence to life. If you're curious about what that looks like in practice, you can read more about our work here:

Instacart Enterprise AI Solutions for Grocers
Instacart Acquires Arpalus to Advance Real-Time Shelf Intelligence

We're looking for a Senior Android Engineer to help us build the next generation of Android-native applications that power our store view and Connected Stores programs. This is a net new role on a team that is scaling fast — you'll have real ownership, work on complex and novel technical problems, and see your work directly shape how grocers and shoppers experience Instacart technology in the physical world.

About the Job

Design, build, and own Android applications for the Digital Twin Platform, including standalone scanning apps and Android-native experiences supporting Connected Stores initiatives such as Food Storm and Caper Cart integrations.
Serve as a technical leader for Android development on the team, setting architectural direction, establishing best practices, and raising the bar for code quality and engineering craft across a growing platform.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across the Caper, Inventory Intelligence, and Fulfillment teams to deliver Android solutions that support real-time shelf intelligence and in-store data collection at scale.
Operate in a fast-moving, highly ambiguous environment where the roadmap evolves as the store view program grows — you'll need to balance long-term architectural thinking with the ability to ship and iterate quickly.
Contribute to a team that is building something genuinely new — as the Android needs across our organization expand, you'll help define what Android engineering looks like for the Digital Twin Platform and beyond.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of professional Android development experience using Kotlin and/or Java, with a track record of shipping production-quality Android applications.
Deep expertise in Android SDK, Jetpack libraries, and modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture, etc.).
Experience designing and building Android applications from the ground up, including owning architecture decisions end to end.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where requirements evolve and priorities shift.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building Android applications for non-consumer contexts such as enterprise tools, hardware integrations, kiosk applications, or scanning/barcode workflows.
Familiarity with Connected Stores technology, retail hardware platforms, or embedded Android environments (e.g., Caper Carts or similar smart cart/device ecosystems).
Experience with Bluetooth, NFC, camera APIs, or other hardware peripheral integrations on Android devices.
Background in data-intensive applications, real-time data pipelines, or inventory/logistics systems.
Comfort contributing to adjacent technical domains (backend services, data engineering) and a desire to grow beyond a purely Android-focused scope over time.

#LI-Remote

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.

Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.

For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ

$230,000 - $242,500 USD

WA

$220,000 - $232,000 USD

OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI

$211,000 - $222,500 USD

All other states

$192,000 - $202,500 USD

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