Instacart

Engineering Manager, Order Experience

United States - Remote

Sponsorship not specified$230k-$243kDetected 11 days ago

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About the role

Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce.
Since 2012, we've been working toward creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
Behind every seamless order is a foundation of complex systems working in perfect coordination and the Order Experience team is at the heart of it all.

Lead and grow an engineering organization of 8+ engineers responsible for checkout architecture, order management, and post-order quality.

7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an engineering management role leading teams of 8 or more engineers
Demonstrated experience owning and scaling backend systems in a high-traffic, production environment, including systems related to e-commerce, order management, checkout, or similar transactional domains
Experience driving technical roadmaps that balance platform modernization with continuous product delivery in a fast-paced environment

Experience in a high-growth e-commerce or marketplace company where engineering systems are directly tied to revenue and conversion outcomes
Familiarity with checkout or payment infrastructure, order lifecycle management, or post-order quality systems at scale
Strong platform and systems thinking, experience leading architectural migrations or re-platforming efforts while maintaining system reliability and team velocity
Comfort operating as a force multiplier across a large, distributed organization where your team's systems enable the work of many others
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
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Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead this team of 8+ engineers and bring both strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership to a domain where reliability, scalability, and conversion all matter.
Own engineering execution end to end: from roadmap alignment and technical strategy to team health, hiring, and career development for a high-performing group of engineers navigating a fast-moving, high-stakes domain.

These systems sit at the intersection of nearly every major product initiative across the company, making this team a foundational dependency for how Instacart delivers value to customers, shoppers, retailers, and brand partners alike.

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