Engineering Manager, Instacart+

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 the Engineering Manager for Instacart+, you will steer the engineering efforts behind the technical foundations, strategy and merchandising of Instacart’s premium subscription service - Instacart+. Instacart+ membership delivers substantial savings, convenience, and exclusive perks for frequent Instacart shoppers. There are millions of Instacart+ members, and they collectively spend billions on Instacart. Your team's work will directly improve the shopping experience of Instacart+ members, and have major impact on the business.

About the Team - The Instacart+ team sits within the Growth engineering org- the engineering org which directly drives business impact. The team is made up of 6 full-stack engineers, and everyone takes pride in having strong business, product and technical expertise.

About the Job

In this role, you will lead a growing team and partner with key stakeholders to advance major product and engineering goals. This is a highly visible, business-critical area and app surface that already drives significant business impact, and has potential to drive even more. Responsibilities will include:

• Leadership & Strategy:
• Define and execute a multi-year technical vision that aligns with business goals and needs.
• Guide system design at scale, enabling technical excellence to meet user and business needs.
• Partner with L7+ engineers and technical peers to ensure cohesive systems spanning growth, commerce platform and shopping.
• Engineering Excellence:
• Guide engineers in adopting best practices for design, development, and scalability.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality systems with clear expectations on metrics like latency, incidents, reliability, and product polish.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders (PM, Design, DS, Legal) to manage time-sensitive business needs and execute innovative projects.
• Team Building & Development:
• Foster a culture where engineers find growth, pride, and ownership in their work.
• Build an inclusive team while mentoring engineers across levels.
• Lead hiring initiatives as the team expands its scope and ownership.
• Partnership & Collaboration:
• Partner with product managers, data scientists, and designers to balance short-term priorities with long-term technical strategy.
• Act as a liaison for your team to represent ongoing progress, challenges, and solutions at the leadership and organizational level.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven track record leading teams in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
• 4+ years managing a team of 8+ engineers across platforms like backend, iOS, Android, and web.
• Expertise in technical vision development for scalable systems.
• Data-informed decision-making grounded in technical rigor.
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills—easily communicating with PMs, Data Scientists, and designers.
• Familiarity with engineering excellence metrics (incidents, bugs, latency, scalability, quality assurance) and a track record of defining engineering quality north stars and holding teams accountable to outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background in full-stack or backend systems, with knowledge of API design for client integrations.
• Experience balancing urgent business goals with long-term technical strategy.
• Experience building robust engineering excellence processes involving latency, bugs, scalability, and quality goals.