Description
We're transforming the grocery industry at Instacart, a company that enables customers to order groceries and household goods online, providing an essential service that customers rely on.
The Marketing Enablement & Technology (MET) team builds systems, APIs, and data pipelines powering Instacart's Paid Marketing channels. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for the Paid MarTech pod, driving the team's technical roadmap, making key architectural decisions, and enhancing team productivity.
Responsibilities
- Drive the team's technical roadmap and architectural decisions, balancing short and long-term investments to build reusable, scalable systems.
- Enhance developer productivity by evolving processes, tools, and abstractions that improve team efficiency, system extensibility, and code quality.
- Lead team-wide initiatives and propose strategic work on behalf of engineering management, partnering with senior Product and Marketing leaders.
- Champion advanced observability, resilience, cost optimization, and security-by-design principles across all team projects.
- Mentor engineers and act as a force multiplier through well-documented processes.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise leading technical roadmaps and making architectural decisions.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python with proven ability to design and implement reusable abstractions, frameworks, and patterns.
- Deep technical knowledge of building scalable, high-throughput systems with comprehensive observability, cost efficiency, and security considerations.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with senior Product and Marketing leaders and significantly influence product roadmap.
- Proven track record of enhancing team productivity through process improvements, tooling development, and mentorship of senior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience defining and establishing infrastructure, tooling, and best practices for AI-assisted development.
- Deep expertise in ad tech platforms and marketing technology ecosystems.
- Track record of leading large-scale legacy system modernization efforts and strategically managing technical debt.
- Experience establishing coding standards, architectural patterns, and technical review processes.
Benefits
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits, including a new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants. The base pay range for this role is CAN$196,000-$207,000 CAD.