Description
At Instacart, we're transforming the grocery industry by delivering an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods. 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.
As the Senior Engineering Manager for the Advertiser Optimization team, you'll lead a team of engineers and applied research scientists to build state-of-the-art systems that optimize ad performance via bidding, pacing, targeting, etc. You'll have the unique opportunity to collaborate with a cross-functional team, turning diverse insights into powerful solutions that elevate advertising effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Guide and mentor team members, building career development plans and supporting their professional growth.
- Nurture a culture geared towards innovation and ongoing enhancement, ensuring the team's efforts are in harmony with the company's vision and engineering excellence.
- Build strategic partnerships with data science, infrastructure, and other technical teams to drive synergy across the organization.
- Shape a long-term technical vision in the auto-bidding, budget pacing and user targeting space, which supports the company's business goals.
- Oversee the delivery of key projects, proactively addressing risks, and establish team processes that improve delivery velocity, quality, and operational stability with minimal incidents.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Control Systems, Computational Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- 7+ years of experience in software development.
- 2+ years of experience in software engineering management.
- Experience with digital advertising platforms, real-time bidding, budget pacing, and user targeting solutions.
- Proven track record of technical leadership in developing software products.
- Evidence of implementing innovative technical solutions that drove business success.
- Familiarity with data science, optimization, and machine learning techniques.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Control Systems, Computational Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering management.
- Experience building machine learning models and solutions.
Benefits
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.