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Senior Engineering Manager, Core Data

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Salary:

212 - 283K yearly

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Proven track record as hands-on technical leader, 2+ years managing teams of 10+ software engineers, Strong background in backend development, Ability to craft strategic engineering roadmaps, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Key responsabilities:

Define and drive technical strategy for team
Oversee roadmap and enable technical decisions
Create best practices for scalable systems
Foster collaboration with cross-functional teams
Mentor team members and support their growth

Instacart Information Technology & Services Large https://www.instacart.com/

1001 - 5000 Employees

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Job description

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

About The Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core Data Engineering team at Instacart, you will be leading the engineering team that is responsible for building and maintaining the most critical company-wide datasets. In this role, you will also be interfacing with many engineering, product, data science, and analytics leaders across the company to design and develop high quality, trustworthy data.

About The Team

Core Data Engineering is part of the Infrastructure Engineering pillar, working closely with data engineers, data scientists and senior leaders across the company on developing and standardizing critical company-wide datasets. Our team also collaborates closely with other data infrastructure teams on designing and building key data platforms, systems and tools to make everyone at Instacart more productive with data.

About The Job

In your role as Senior Engineering Manager, your responsibilities will include:

Define, communicate, and drive the technical strategy for the team that supports the product strategy and key bets for the company, including new technical investments.
Drive high-quality execution of key business outcomes of the team by overseeing the roadmap and enabling technical and product decisions.
Create and ensure the adoption of best practices and engineering standards to build highly scalable and reliable engineering systems.
Foster strong collaboration and working model with peers and different stakeholder teams across Instacart including Product, Engineering Data Science, and Finance.
Mentor and support team members for personal and professional growth.
Lead the recruitment and hiring processes to build a high-performing team.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

Proven track record as a hands-on technical leader, preferably at a Staff+ level in a similar industry.
2+ years of experience managing teams of 10+ software engineers
Strong background in backend development; experience with web apps and mobile is advantageous.
Ability to craft and execute strategic engineering roadmaps that align with business objectives.
Highly structured and proactive communication capabilities.
Experience in staffing, mentoring, and leading engineering teams to success.
Experience working with product managers, EM peers, and senior ICs.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effective cross-functional leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
Prior experience in managing engineering teams that oversee mission critical business systems.

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.

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 US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ

$255,000—$283,000 USD

$245,000—$272,000 USD

OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI

$234,000—$260,000 USD

All other states

$212,000—$235,000 USD