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Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+ / TypeScript
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceI really like the New Balance Minimus Cross Trainer. 3 reasons: Quality is good, New Balance makes wide sizes, and the design isn’t overly loud.
Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (on Rails)
• ES6+
• React / Redux
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Memcached / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceIt really is a beautiful car though.
Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-service1) How good was the movie? [1-5]
2) How likely are you to watch it again? [1-5]
I think it was too many questions to ask, but trying to separate out the enjoyment from the quality struck me as a good idea.
Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceInstacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceIt's a really small sample size, but we've had several people join us after winding down or leaving their startups and they've been successful.
Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is magical. We aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Tech:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• ES6+ & CoffeeScript (which we are actively moving to ES6)
• React.js
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceShame that it died.
Instacart (YC S12) is building the best way for people everywhere in the world to shop for groceries. Using your phone or the web, you can order groceries and have them delivered to your door in minutes. You can choose from a variety of local stores including Whole Foods, Safeway, Costco, Mariano's and many more, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order.
Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is nothing short of magical. At Instacart we aim to give our customers back their invaluable time so they can spend it doing the things they love with the people they love. Every minute counts.
Hiring Process depends on the position, but will generally follow this flow: Phone screen + simple challenge / Take-home challenge / On-site. We're pretty flexible and can work with you on this.
We care that you can ship product and enjoy taking ownership over what you're working on. We don't really care where you went to school or what companies you've worked for.
Languages:
• Ruby (and Rails)
• CoffeeScript
• React.js
• PostgreSQL (primary datastore)
• Elasticsearch for search
• Memcache / Redis
Learn more about us and apply directly at:
• https://careers.instacart.com/
• http://tech.instacart.com
• http://stackshare.io/posts/the-tech-behind-instacarts-grocery-delivery-serviceIs anyone else surprised that up 50% is $4?