Instacart

Company Name: Instacart (Maplebear Inc.)

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States (Flexible "Flex First" workplace with remote and hybrid opportunities)

Founded In: 2012

Company Type: Public Company (NASDAQ: CART)

Company Size: 5,001–10,000 employees

Official Email: Not publicly listed

Official Website: https://www.instacart.com/

Official Phone: Not publicly listed

Industry: Grocery Technology, E-Commerce, Retail Technology

Company Categories: Grocery Delivery, Retail Technology, E-Commerce Platform, AI & Advertising Technology

Remote Policy: Hybrid (Flex First)

About Company

Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) is North America's leading grocery technology company, connecting millions of consumers with grocery retailers through its online marketplace and enterprise technology platform. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company partners with more than 2,200 retail banners across nearly 100,000 stores in the United States and Canada. Beyond grocery delivery, Instacart provides retailers with e-commerce solutions, advertising technology, AI-powered shopping experiences, smart carts, fulfillment services, and digital infrastructure that modernize the grocery industry.

For remote job seekers, Instacart offers opportunities across software engineering, machine learning, product management, data science, design, cybersecurity, infrastructure, finance, marketing, sales, and operations. The company follows a Flex First workplace model, allowing many corporate employees to work remotely from anywhere within their employment country while participating in periodic in-person team gatherings. This flexible approach helps employees balance productivity, collaboration, and work-life flexibility.

Engineering teams build large-scale distributed systems, AI-powered recommendation engines, retail media platforms, cloud infrastructure, logistics optimization tools, and consumer shopping experiences that serve millions of users every day. Instacart promotes a culture centered on customer obsession, ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous innovation. Professionals interested in e-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, logistics technology, and marketplace platforms will find opportunities to work on products that shape the future of grocery shopping and retail technology.

Tech Stack: Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Redis, Terraform, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Microservices