Senior Software Engineering Manager, Instacart
Ads Solutions
$216-289k
Salary dependent on location. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
Be an early applicant
Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$216-289k
Salary dependent on location. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and have more time to enjoy it together.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing engineers, with a track record leading teams of 15+ and delivering complex consumer-facing products
- Experience building and operating large-scale consumer or marketplace systems across distributed backend services and at least one client platform (iOS, Android, or web)
- Demonstrated ability to define multi-quarter roadmaps and OKRs and deliver measurable outcomes (e.g., improvements to engagement, conversion, or revenue)
- Experience owning product instrumentation/eventing and experimentation or measurement frameworks used for monetization, optimization, or billing accuracy
Desirable
- Direct experience with Ads Solutions/Formats such as Sponsored Products, Display, and Promotions, and familiarity with ad serving, ranking, pacing, or optimization systems
- Knowledge of the ads ecosystem, including auction dynamics, budget and flight management, attribution/measurement, and brand safety
- Prior leadership of organizations of 20+ engineers across multiple teams in a high-growth, cross-functional environment
- Technical depth with Ruby on Rails, Swift, Kotlin and/or React
- Experience partnering with enterprise or retail sales and go-to-market teams to drive product adoption and performance
What the job involves
- Instacart Ads Solutions Engineering is the leading charge for the Instacart Ads business; we ship innovative, cutting edge consumer ad experiences that customers see across our marketplace, forming the core value we deliver to advertisers and a key growth engine for Instacart’s multi-billion-dollar business
- As the Senior Software Engineering Manager, Ads Solutions, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for our Sponsored Products, Display Ads, Promotions/Discounts, and emerging Caper Ads experiences
- You will guide the strategy and execution for consumer-facing ad formats and the product infrastructure behind them, including the ground-truth eventing stack that powers billing, optimization, and measurement
- This is a high-impact, highly cross-functional role. You will partner closely with Product Management, Data Science, Machine Learning, Ads Serving and Measurement, Ads Manager, Consumer Product, and Ads Sales to ship compelling ad experiences that drive consumer engagement and advertiser value
- You will lead and develop an org of 20+ engineers, including one engineering manager, across backend / mobile / web, and help shape the culture, processes, and technical bar of the group
- Own the vision and multi-quarter roadmap for Ads Solutions engineering across Sponsored Products, Display Ads, Promotions/Discounts, and Caper Ads, balancing consumer trust, advertiser ROI, and revenue growth
- Lead, mentor, and scale an organization of 20+ engineers (including one manager); drive recruiting, career development, performance management, and an inclusive, high-ownership culture
- Raise the technical bar across backend services, mobile and web clients, and the ground-truth eventing/measurement stack; ensure reliability, low latency, privacy, and data quality for ads experiences
- Drive end-to-end execution in partnership with Ads Serving, ML, Measurement, Ads Manager, and Consumer teams; align on APIs, contracts, experimentation, and success metrics to ship at pace
- Establish operational excellence with clear OKRs, program planning, on-call quality, incident reviews, and continuous improvement to deliver predictably in a fast-moving environment
- Partner with Product and Ads Sales on customer development, launch readiness, adoption, and performance; iterate rapidly using experiment results and customer feedback to improve engagement, conversion, and revenue
Our take
Instacart is an online grocery marketplace that operates a pick-up and delivery system in the US and Canada. Unlike standard grocery shopping, Instacart sends a “personal shopper” to your local store to buy your products, who then delivers them straight to your door on the same day via their own car. The company also supplies the Instacart Platform, with services for stores encompassing eCommerce, fulfilment, in-store, ads, and insights.
The increased modernization of society has meant more than ever that consumers are looking to buy their groceries online, making space for apps like Instacart to become daily life staples for years to come. Although the company must compete with other grocery store delivery services, such as Walmart’s own, it has expanded to cover large percentages of US and Canadian households, and is now aligned with over 1,500 retail banners across more than 85,000 locations.
With an expanding partnership with Kroger, Instacart continues to demonstrate why it's a leader in the gorcery delivery space. By powering fast, reliable delivery from neary 2,700 stores and introducing tools like the AI-powered Cart Assistant, Instacart isn't just enhanceing the way millions of families shop but also shaping the future of personalized, convenient grodery expericnes. This deepening collaboration underscores Instacart's ability to drive growth and deliver value to both customers and partners.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 15 rounds)
Nov 2021
$232m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$265m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.9bn
Company benefits
- Wellness Tailored to You: Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life & disability coverage right alongside physical & mental wellness programs, memberships and stipends to keep you and your family feeling your best.
- Family Building Benefits: No matter where you are in your family journey, we support you. Our plans cover modern family planning for all. We offer leave for all parents, flexible working schedules and an active Parents@ community.
- Work From Home Stipend: We help outfit your WFH setup and offer reimbursements so you can be your most productive while at home.
- Flexible Time Off: We all recharge differently. Take the time you need with our flexible time off policy and company-wide Self-Checkouts where we encourage everyone to sign off.
- Learning & Development: Whether you're just starting your career or leading teams, we provide customized L&D programs to help you grow and an annual allowance to pursue your development.
- Future Planning: We have you covered as you plan for your future. 401(k) matching in the US and RRSP in Canada, student loan assistance through Peanut Butter, free Rocket Lawyer membership, SoFi & First Republic financial planning and more.
- Four Year Fill-Up: We encourage our tenured employees to take longer breaks and truly unplug by doing something they love – typically four consecutive weeks around the four year mark.
- Community Connection: Support the communities you care about with volunteer weeks and get involved with our social impact program, Instacart Serves.
- Instacart Express Membership: We help keep your fridge stocked. Unlock grocery discounts with our Instacart Beta app while testing our latest features.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Apoorva Mehta
(Co-Founder & Chairman)Studied Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo. Worked in Fulfillment Optimisation SDE at Amazon.com before going on to co-found Instacart.
Brandon Leonardo
(Co-Founder)Interned at Cisco Systems as an IT Engineer. Later became a Senior Web Developer at Webs and then a Venture Hacker at Angel List.
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