Dominic Cocchiarella
Senior Director Of Engineering at Instacart
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDominic Cocchiarella is a senior engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling consumer-facing systems from startup labs to large enterprise teams. Currently Senior Director of Engineering at Instacart in San Francisco, he has led teams spanning in-store hardware and software, AI initiatives, search, storefront, and customer platform services, often moving moonshot ideas into production. He’s known for hands-on technical leadership and growing high‑performing teams, previously driving UI engineering and large-scale web efforts at Best Buy and co-founding a games startup. A curious problem-solver who thrives on daily challenges, Dominic blends product-minded engineering with a background in creative writing and film, which informs his emphasis on clear communication and rapid prototyping. He brings a rare combination of breadth across front-end, back-end, and embedded retail systems plus a proven track record of turning experimental projects into operational products.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Film, Film at University College DublinBA English Creative Writing Film, BA English Creative Writing Film at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (70)
react-carousel10
react-redux10
redux-store10
api10
dispatch10
slick10
redux10
javascript9
rest9
input-mask9
react9
state-management9
rails9
react-component8
component-library8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dcocchia/Ity
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 27 pushes in 4 months
javascript-freejavascriptminisculedependency-freemvc
instacart/Snacks
Apr 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:51 releases, 1 review, 329 commits in 2 years 5 months
stylejavascriptstyleguidedesigncomponent-library
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