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Get Access To All JobsWe're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Instacart's Enterprise Solutions team is building a first-of-its-kind business: embedding directly with enterprise retail and CPG partners to design, sell, and deliver AI-powered solutions at scale. We are a small, senior, field-first pod—part startup, part consultancy—defining the playbook as we go.
As the AI Solutions Architect, you own the data and AI architecture, integration design, and governance across every engagement the pod runs. You are the person who makes Instacart's Intelligence Platform actually work inside real partner environments. This is a hands-on, field-first role—you will embed with partner engineering teams to map data ontologies, design integrations, and co-build solutions that work in the real world, not just on a whiteboard.
About the Job
- Own data modeling, integration design, and governance across every engagement; serve as the senior technical authority from pre-sales through delivery.
- Map customer data and Instacart's data ontology together, and gate technical feasibility before any build begins.
- Establish integration patterns between the Intelligence Platform and partner systems, e.g., POS, ERP, loyalty, CRM, Snowflake, proprietary APIs, and mobile surfaces.
- Bridge partner technical requirements with Instacart R&D roadmaps, APIs, and SDKs; surface gaps and advocate for platform changes needed to serve the field.
- Prototype and code in real-time alongside partners.
- Review designs and unblock the Forward Deployed Engineers to ensure architectural integrity across the pod's engagements.
- Codify reusable integration patterns into scalable architecture templates as the pod scales.
We are looking for someone energized by ambiguity, who builds for reuse and can navigate both a partner's technical reality and Instacart's platform constraints simultaneously, finding the optimal path between them.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or senior software engineering, with demonstrated experience designing enterprise-scale systems.
- Deep expertise in data architecture and modeling across messy, heterogeneous enterprise environments, with enough AI/ML familiarity to understand how data quality and structure determine what is possible on the intelligence layer.
- Experience designing integrations across complex enterprise environments including ERP, POS, Snowflake, and proprietary APIs.
- Hands-on coding is non-negotiable — the ability to build is as important as the ability to design.
- Proven customer-facing experience presenting technical architectures to both engineering and executive audiences.
- Strong systems thinking — able to hold the full technical picture of a complex engagement while also working in the details.
- Comfort defining architecture from first principles in greenfield, ambiguous environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in retail tech, e-commerce infrastructure, or CPG data systems (POS, ERP, Snowflake).
- Familiarity with open agent standards or multi-agent orchestration frameworks.
- Prior experience in enterprise software implementation or systems integration.
- Startup or high-growth environment experience.
LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ
$234,000 - $247,000 USD
WA
$224,000 - $236,500 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$214,000 - $226,000 USD
All other states
$195,000 - $206,000 USD
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Instacart's Enterprise Solutions team is building a first-of-its-kind business: embedding directly with enterprise retail and CPG partners to design, sell, and deliver AI-powered solutions at scale. We are a small, senior, field-first pod—part startup, part consultancy—defining the playbook as we go.
As the AI Solutions Architect, you own the data and AI architecture, integration design, and governance across every engagement the pod runs. You are the person who makes Instacart's Intelligence Platform actually work inside real partner environments. This is a hands-on, field-first role—you will embed with partner engineering teams to map data ontologies, design integrations, and co-build solutions that work in the real world, not just on a whiteboard.
About the Job
- Own data modeling, integration design, and governance across every engagement; serve as the senior technical authority from pre-sales through delivery.
- Map customer data and Instacart's data ontology together, and gate technical feasibility before any build begins.
- Establish integration patterns between the Intelligence Platform and partner systems, e.g., POS, ERP, loyalty, CRM, Snowflake, proprietary APIs, and mobile surfaces.
- Bridge partner technical requirements with Instacart R&D roadmaps, APIs, and SDKs; surface gaps and advocate for platform changes needed to serve the field.
- Prototype and code in real-time alongside partners.
- Review designs and unblock the Forward Deployed Engineers to ensure architectural integrity across the pod's engagements.
- Codify reusable integration patterns into scalable architecture templates as the pod scales.
We are looking for someone energized by ambiguity, who builds for reuse and can navigate both a partner's technical reality and Instacart's platform constraints simultaneously, finding the optimal path between them.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or senior software engineering, with demonstrated experience designing enterprise-scale systems.
- Deep expertise in data architecture and modeling across messy, heterogeneous enterprise environments, with enough AI/ML familiarity to understand how data quality and structure determine what is possible on the intelligence layer.
- Experience designing integrations across complex enterprise environments including ERP, POS, Snowflake, and proprietary APIs.
- Hands-on coding is non-negotiable — the ability to build is as important as the ability to design.
- Proven customer-facing experience presenting technical architectures to both engineering and executive audiences.
- Strong systems thinking — able to hold the full technical picture of a complex engagement while also working in the details.
- Comfort defining architecture from first principles in greenfield, ambiguous environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in retail tech, e-commerce infrastructure, or CPG data systems (POS, ERP, Snowflake).
- Familiarity with open agent standards or multi-agent orchestration frameworks.
- Prior experience in enterprise software implementation or systems integration.
- Startup or high-growth environment experience.
LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ
$234,000 - $247,000 USD
WA
$224,000 - $236,500 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$214,000 - $226,000 USD
All other states
$195,000 - $206,000 USD
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in AI Solution Architect
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
An advanced degree in computer science, AI, or a related field strengthens your EB-2 case. If your degree is a three-year international credential, gather equivalency documentation before your employer's immigration counsel submits the I-140.
Document your AI architecture scope precisely
PERM requires the employer to prove the role is a specialty occupation. Ensure your job description references specific AI frameworks, cloud platforms, and system-design responsibilities tied to your degree field, not just generic software development language.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter AI Solution Architect roles by employers who have filed PERM applications, so you're approaching companies already familiar with the sponsorship process rather than educating hiring managers from scratch.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay the DOL-certified prevailing wage for your location and role level. Run a lookup on the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer so your negotiated salary meets the threshold and won't stall the LCA stage.
Ask your employer about PERM audit risk early
Roles labeled 'AI Solution Architect' sometimes draw DOL audits if the duties overlap with multiple occupation codes in O*NET. Confirm with your employer's counsel which SOC code they plan to use before the recruitment phase begins.
Account for priority date wait times by country
EB-2 and EB-3 green cards have no annual lottery, but per-country backlogs affect nationals from India and China. Check the USCIS Visa Bulletin when evaluating timelines so you understand when your priority date may become current.
Green Card AI Solution Architect: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an AI Solution Architect role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
AI Solution Architect positions typically qualify for EB-2 when the role requires an advanced degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, or a closely related field. EB-3 applies if the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree. Your employer's job description must specify the degree requirement and specialized duties to satisfy USCIS's specialty occupation definition for either category.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa subject to an annual lottery and a six-year maximum stay. PERM-based EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no lottery and no maximum duration. The process is longer: PERM labor certification, I-140 approval, and adjustment of status can take two to four years before the cap backlogs are factored in, but the outcome is a green card rather than a time-limited status.
What does the PERM labor certification process require for an AI Solution Architect position?
The employer recruits using DOL-prescribed methods to show no qualified U.S. workers are available for the role. The job description must list specific duties and the minimum degree requirement. Because AI architecture roles can overlap multiple occupation categories, counsel typically reviews O*NET classifications before filing to reduce audit risk. The employer bears the cost of this process.
How can I find AI Solution Architect jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Search Migrate Mate to filter AI Solution Architect openings by employers who have filed PERM applications. This lets you focus on companies already running active sponsorship programs rather than applying broadly and discovering late in the process that an employer won't support a green card. Filtering by PERM history significantly shortens your search.
Can I switch employers after my I-140 is approved without losing my priority date?
Yes. Once your I-140 petition has been approved and has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you change to a same or similar occupational role without losing your priority date. For AI Solution Architect positions, the new role must involve comparable duties in AI design, systems architecture, or solution delivery to satisfy the similarity requirement that USCIS evaluates.