Engineering Manager, Android

Overview

About the Role - You will help lead the development of the Android applications running on our groundbreaking AI solutions for the brick-and-mortar store to revolutionize the overall in-store experience on the Caper Cart

Instacart’s goal has always been to support grocers and give retailers of all sizes an edge in an increasingly competitive industry, while creating a seamless experience for customers and shoppers. With Caper AI we bring together online and offline shopping to create a completely new in-store shopping experience for both customers and Instacart shoppers alike.

To be successful in this role, you should have extensive experience in customer-facing Android application development,  and you must also be an innovator, learner and team player. You need to have experience leading a small to medium-sized diverse team of developers and managing projects with cross-functional partners.

About the Team - Caper.ai is a subsidiary of Instacart and an AI company. It leverages cutting-edge AI and computer vision technology to bring the autonomous shopping experience to in-store. Its product, the Caper Cart - an AI-powered smart cart equipped with scales, sensors, touchscreens, and computer vision technology, is the cornerstone of the Instacart Platform Connected Stores initiative.

Caper’s unique technology is a plug-and-play solution that does not require retail store renovation, operational overhaul, heavy compute, and endless image labeling & training. Retailers simply purchase smart shopping carts and the entire store is upgraded with cashier-less capabilities!

Caper is one of the fastest-growing retail automation technology products in the market, costs less than 1% of our competitions’ infrastructure and is already widely adopted in the marketplace. Our cross-functional and durable Product team solves hard customer & business problems in ways that our customers love.

About the Job 

• Hands-on technical leadership of a medium-sized (7-10) Android development team at Caper.ai focused on the core shopping experience
• Work closely with eng, product, design, and hardware to deliver complex projects with ambitious deadlines
• Drive the team’s strategy, roadmap,and technical decisions to deliver innovative production solutions on a sector-defining product 
• Up-level your team by introducing best practices for development and testing of your team’s applications
• Adapt the team’s focus in concert with evolving business needs
• Work with some of the best Android engineers who have crafted apps recognized by Google as best-in-class for design.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development, with at least 4 years working on Android applications (Java, Kotlin)
• Currently managing a team of 5+ developers for at least one year
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment making difficult prioritization decisions
• Proactive, motivated, and self-driven.
• Experience with performance optimization on Android
• Solid expertise in Android development technologies such as Kotlin and Java
• Familiarity with distributed system design and gRPC
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with development of kiosk applications/hardware products
• Experience with Point-of-Sale systems and/or Payment Terminals
• Familiarity with No-SQL databases, specifically MongoDB/Realm
• Experience with Datadog or other Observability systems
• Familiarity with Snowflake
• Experience with Internet-of-Things technologies (e.g., AWS IoT offerings) and protocols (e.g., MQTT)