About Caper

Caper (跃氪) is a pioneering company in retail automation technology under Instacart, a North American NASDAQ-listed company. As its core smart hardware brand, Caper is committed to redefining the shopping experience through groundbreaking product design and engineering innovation.

Our flagship product, the Caper Smart Cart, stands as a benchmark for embodied AI technology applications. To achieve seamless and reliable autonomous shopping functionality, we integrate cutting-edge AI vision systems, high-precision sensors, and advanced visual-language model (VLM) algorithms.

The Caper Smart Cart has successfully served both North American and global markets, including dozens of top-tier retail brands such as the top 3 supermarket giants in North America, demonstrating the excellence of our technology and product design. Backed by our parent company Instacart—a global leader in online fresh grocery delivery with over a decade of experience serving 600+ retail brands and 55,000+ stores across North America—Caper benefits from unparalleled market insights, technical resources, and large-scale implementation platforms, providing engineers with vast opportunities to tackle real-world complex challenges.

Welcome to visit our official website: www.caper.ai

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About the Team

You will join a team focused on developing intelligent mobile system platforms, responsible for developing secure, stable, and compliant embedded systems, and building internal toolchains and infrastructure. Our team champions innovation and collaboration, and drives retail automation transformation with a shared vision.

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About the job (what are you going to do)

• Manage the embedded systems development team.
• Responsible for system stability, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with relevant teams on software and hardware platform development.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded system development for the automotive, robotics, and drone industries.
• 3+ years of experience managing embedded system development teams.
• Proficient in Android Framework.
• Familiar with fundamental operating system principles and driver development technologies.
• Familiar with Android/Linux BSP.
• Proficient in MCU development: µC/OS, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, NuttX, ARM kernels, and common peripheral development.
• Able to read hardware schematics fluently and debug using oscilloscopes and other equipments.
• Possesses professional English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Overseas study experience.
• Work experience in foreign companies.
• Experience in weighing certification.
• Experience in system security.

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We offer a competitive salary package

At Caper, the total compensation consists of base salary and equity in the form of RSUs (Restricted Stock Units). The job description shows only the base salary component, but we will additionally offer additional stock rewards from our parent company, Instacart. As a publicly traded company in the U.S., Instacart's stock can be directly traded on the market and holds potential for appreciation.

Caper has our own salary philosophy. The final salary of an offer will have a direct connection with the candidate's experience and skill level presented during the interview.

What benefits we aim to provide:

New employees can enjoy 10 days of paid annual leave, 10 days of paid sick leave, and male employees will have an additional 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.

Annual learning fund, annual personal living fund, annual team building activities, health & medical coverage, and more.

Who should join us!

We are looking for driven individuals who thrive in a fast-paced engineering/product environment, are passionate about product and improving team performance, and feel comfortable pushing the limits of what is possible.

We welcome every individual who is direct and open to facilitate our adorable no-political culture.

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

About Caper

Caper (跃氪) is a pioneering company in retail automation technology under Instacart, a North American NASDAQ-listed company. As its core smart hardware brand, Caper is committed to redefining the shopping experience through groundbreaking product design and engineering innovation.

Our flagship product, the Caper Smart Cart, stands as a benchmark for embodied AI technology applications. To achieve seamless and reliable autonomous shopping functionality, we integrate cutting-edge AI vision systems, high-precision sensors, and advanced visual-language model (VLM) algorithms.

The Caper Smart Cart has successfully served both North American and global markets, including dozens of top-tier retail brands such as the top 3 supermarket giants in North America, demonstrating the excellence of our technology and product design. Backed by our parent company Instacart—a global leader in online fresh grocery delivery with over a decade of experience serving 600+ retail brands and 55,000+ stores across North America—Caper benefits from unparalleled market insights, technical resources, and large-scale implementation platforms, providing engineers with vast opportunities to tackle real-world complex challenges.

Welcome to visit our official website: www.caper.ai

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About the Team

You will join a team focused on developing intelligent mobile system platforms, responsible for developing secure, stable, and compliant embedded systems, and building internal toolchains and infrastructure. Our team champions innovation and collaboration, and drives retail automation transformation with a shared vision.

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About the job (what are you going to do)

• Manage the embedded systems development team.
• Responsible for system stability, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with relevant teams on software and hardware platform development.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded system development for the automotive, robotics, and drone industries.
• 3+ years of experience managing embedded system development teams.
• Proficient in Android Framework.
• Familiar with fundamental operating system principles and driver development technologies.
• Familiar with Android/Linux BSP.
• Proficient in MCU development: µC/OS, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, NuttX, ARM kernels, and common peripheral development.
• Able to read hardware schematics fluently and debug using oscilloscopes and other equipments.
• Possesses professional English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Overseas study experience.
• Work experience in foreign companies.
• Experience in weighing certification.
• Experience in system security.

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We offer a competitive salary package

At Caper, the total compensation consists of base salary and equity in the form of RSUs (Restricted Stock Units). The job description shows only the base salary component, but we will additionally offer additional stock rewards from our parent company, Instacart. As a publicly traded company in the U.S., Instacart's stock can be directly traded on the market and holds potential for appreciation.

Caper has our own salary philosophy. The final salary of an offer will have a direct connection with the candidate's experience and skill level presented during the interview.

What benefits we aim to provide:

New employees can enjoy 10 days of paid annual leave, 10 days of paid sick leave, and male employees will have an additional 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.

Annual learning fund, annual personal living fund, annual team building activities, health & medical coverage, and more.

Who should join us!

We are looking for driven individuals who thrive in a fast-paced engineering/product environment, are passionate about product and improving team performance, and feel comfortable pushing the limits of what is possible.

We welcome every individual who is direct and open to facilitate our adorable no-political culture.

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