Senior Engineering Manager, Retailer Platform

2 weeks, 4 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
instacart.careers

instacart.careers

Instacart is a leading grocery technology company in North America that works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. They partner with over 1,000 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery, an...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K

Description

  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of approximately 12 engineers across multiple workstreams.
  • Set the technical direction for multi-tenancy, data isolation, configuration-driven release management, and per-retailer extensibility.
  • Drive consolidation of bespoke retailer-vertical services onto unified Instacart platform rails.
  • Partner with ML and Data Engineering on enterprise data platform compliance and per-retailer model training needs.
  • Deliver self-service tooling such as sandbox environments, configuration interfaces, and retailer-facing extensibility.
  • Represent technical and product trade-offs across multiple engineering and product organizations.
  • Broker resourcing decisions and clarify ambiguous scope to keep investment aligned with committed work.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead architectural transitions such as consolidation, replatforming, and data isolation within a live business environment.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing engineering teams in a platform or infrastructure context.
  • Experience leading teams of 10+ engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
  • Demonstrated success in ambiguous, high-growth environments with evolving partner roadmaps and integration commitments.
  • Proven cross-functional leadership across multiple engineering and product organizations, including structured escalation to unblock initiatives.
  • Experience leading multi-team architectural transitions such as consolidation, replatforming, multi-tenancy, or data isolation.
  • Technical proficiency in distributed systems, API/SDK design, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Direct domain experience in commerce platforms, omnichannel retail, OMS, POS, catering systems, or connected-store / in-store technology is preferred.
  • Track record of building multi-tenant platforms with per-tenant configuration, isolation, and extensibility requirements is preferred.
  • Experience partnering with ML and Data Engineering teams on data platform compliance, model training infrastructure, or data isolation initiatives is preferred.
  • Experience leading other engineering managers and growing two-layer organizations is preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote role with a Flex First work policy.
  • Flexible work location, including home, office, or a coffee shop.
  • Highly market-competitive compensation.
  • Base salary range of $265,000–$279,500 USD in CA, NY, CT, and NJ; $254,000–$268,000 USD in WA; $243,000–$256,500 USD in several other listed states; and $221,000–$233,000 USD in all other states.
  • New hire equity grant.
  • Annual refresh equity grants.
  • Access to Instacart benefits offerings.

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