Instacart is building the best way for people to shop for groceries. Whether on mobile or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your doorstep in minutes. You can choose from a variety of stores like Whole Foods and Costco, as well as local grocers, and able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.

Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customer that is absolutely magical. Join us!

What You'll Be Doing

Instacart is powered by data. We are creating the best way for people to shop for groceries by applying data, algorithms and machine learning to problems in logistics, retail, personalization, search and more. Our data science team is at the heart of this effort and is an essential ingredient in Instacart's aggressive growth plan and vision for the future.

As a member of our small but growing team, you will take on some of our biggest challenges and your work will impact the entire Instacart experience, from making sure deliveries are efficient and on-time to helping customers decide what to buy. Our team moves very fast, so you’ll have the opportunity to make an immediate difference.

Solving complex logistics problems, so we can make our customers happy with a lean operation Predicting the future, like modeling delivery times and forecasting supply & demand Making search results more relevant Helping customers decide what to buy with algorithmic recommendations Identifying other interesting problems to solve Working closely with engineers, designers, product managers and operations teams to iterate on solutions