Senior Software Engineer - E3
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 April 2026.
About the role
Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works.
Check out our Engineering blog here
Who You Are:
- 5–8 years building and shipping high-traffic web or mobile apps in production.
- Strong coding and problem-solving skills.
- While experience with our stack (Python/Django, Celery, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, React Native) is preferred, it's not mandatory.
- Proficiency in frontend technologies like React, Redux, and Responsive Design Systems.
- Experience in system design, distributed systems, and both relational and No-SQL databases.
What You'll Do:
- End-to-end design, development, and deployment of high-scale web and mobile features.
- Prioritizing the highest ROI work—move quickly on the projects that matter most.
- Tackling large, complex software projects and delivering them on aggressive timelines.
- Maintaining peak team productivity: juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Partnering with PMs and designers to choose the simplest, most maintainable solution.
- Raising the bar through thoughtful code reviews and clear technical feedback.
Perks:
- Free snacks
- Health Insurance
- Personal Insurance
- Flexible Hours
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Broadband Reimbursement
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Our Values
Empathy, Trust & Candor
We put ourselves in the shoes of our colleagues and customers and don’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations, instead building trust through honest and direct feedback.
Bias for Action
We practice high-velocity decision-making, clear-eyed that we often operate with incomplete information. Growing quickly means it’s OK to be wrong, so long as we learn from our mistakes and course correct!
Always Be Learning
We’re a curious bunch, and with AI transforming our workplace we encourage everyone to learn from each other, compounding our knowledge and experience to help us change an entire industry.
Act Like an Owner
We work long, hard, and smart, building products that delight our users and drive growth. Your ability to impact Instawork is limited only by your courage and conviction, not your job description.
About Instawork
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Founded in 2015, Instawork is the nation’s leading online labor marketplace for food services, hospitality, light industry, and logistics, connecting more than 7M skilled workers with local restaurants, hotels, warehouses, stadiums, and more. Our AI-powered platform serves thousands of businesses across more than 50 major markets in the United States and Canada. We're not just helping fill shifts, we're supporting local economies—and we're just getting started!
Instawork has been featured by CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Forbes included us on their Next Billion Dollar Startups list; RetailTech Breakthrough named us Workforce Hiring Solution of the Year for 2025; and Inc. 5000 recognized us as one of the country's top 10% fastest-growing companies two years in a row. But what matters most is our impact. We're solving real problems for real people, and we’re doing it at scale.
Join our team to help us build something that matters! We’re looking for superstars who want to help us shape the future of work. With hubs in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Chicago, city offices in New York, Phoenix, and Singapore, we're back to working together in-person five days a week because we believe the best ideas happen when great people collaborate face-to-face. We also value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
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Ready to make an impact? Learn more at www.instawork.com/about.
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What this role asks for
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Python
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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 5 open in Engineering. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (3 of 5), CI/CD (2 of 5), Django (2 of 5), Kubernetes (2 of 5), Machine Learning (2 of 5), React (2 of 5), React Native (2 of 5)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Engineering Manager/Senior Engineering Manager - Instawork Robotics posted Oct 19
- Video Platform Engineer - E3 posted Sep 16
- Platform Engineer - E3 posted Sep 16
- Senior Software Engineer posted Apr 16
From the team and dates on Instawork's own job board.
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