About this role

Own data modeling, integration design, and governance across every engagement
Map customer data and Instacart's data ontology together
Establish integration patterns between the Intelligence Platform and partner systems
Bridge partner technical requirements with Instacart R&D roadmaps, APIs, and SDKs
Prototype and code in real-time alongside partners
Review designs and unblock the Forward Deployed Engineers
Codify reusable integration patterns into scalable architecture templates

10+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or senior software engineering
Deep expertise in data architecture and modeling across messy, heterogeneous enterprise environments
Experience designing integrations across complex enterprise environments including ERP, POS, Snowflake, and proprietary APIs
Hands-on coding is non-negotiable
Proven customer-facing experience presenting technical architectures to both engineering and executive audiences
Strong systems thinking
Comfort defining architecture from first principles in greenfield, ambiguous environments

AI Solutions Architect

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