Senior Engineering Manager, Core Picking
Required skills
- Java
- Python
- Go
- Ruby
- Node.js
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Scrum
- Kanban
Nice to have
- new hire equity grant
- annual refresh grants
- benefits offerings
Role summary
Instacart is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Enterprise Fulfillment to lead a team of engineers in developing and scaling fulfillment operations. This remote role requires extensive experience in engineering management, people management, enterprise software development, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate will drive technical strategy, oversee the software development lifecycle, and mentor engineering talent to ensure the scalability and reliability of our fulfillment systems. This position is based in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, or Nova Scotia and offers competitive compensation, benefits, and equity.
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
The Fulfillment Services team at Instacart is at the heart of building the picking technology platform that powers the fulfillment needs of the world's largest retailers and millions of customers. Our work directly shapes how shoppers experience their day-to-day work and how customers receive the quality orders they expect — and we're just getting started.
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Core Picking engineering team. As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core Picking team at Instacart, you will lead the engineering team responsible for our core shopper picking experiences, supporting our mission to build the picking technology platform required to meet the fulfillment needs of the world's largest retailers and millions of customers. You will provide leadership in driving the stability, scalability, and extensibility of engineering systems that advance the shopper app’s picking experience. You will interface with engineering and product leaders across the company, as well as retailer leadership, to collaborate on facilitating new and innovative grocery picking solutions. As the leader of this team, you will develop Instacart's picking technology and provide shoppers with tools to work more efficiently in delivering quality orders for our customers.
This is a high-impact leadership role where you will own the technical direction for a team of 10+ engineers, set the bar for enterprise-grade engineering quality, and help shape the future of how the world's largest retailers fulfill grocery orders. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment where the problems are complex, the stakes are high, and the opportunity to make a real difference is enormous, this role is for you.
About the Job
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Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
#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. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
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 Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CAN$229,000—$241,500 CADSample Instacart interview questions
- 1
Design a system for real-time sentiment analysis of social media posts.
system designmedium - 2
Develop a secure distributed system for secrets storage and access.
system designmedium - 3
How would you design a global search for products (frontend)?
system designdifficult - 4
Develop a distributed data versioning management system.
system designmedium - 5
Design a scalable service for storing and serving multimedia.
system designmedium
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