Instacart
Retail
SeniorEngineeringManager,RetailerPlatform
“Senior Engineering Manager, Retailer Platform at Instacart. Skills: Engineering Management, Platform Engineering, Architectural Leadership, Distributed Systems, Multi-tenancy, Data Isolation, Enterprise Integrations. Lead, coach, and grow a senior-skewed team of ~12 engineers. Set clear architectural and execution direction”
What You'll Achieve.
allows Instacart's Retailer Platform to scale across the world's largest grocers; consolidates bespoke retailer-vertical services onto unified Instacart platform rails; ensures per-retailer model training has the data, signals, and isolation it needs; lets retailers and internal teams ship without engineering bottlenecks
Industry & Context.
Drive clarity in ambiguous scope
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years managing engineering teams delivering platform or infrastructure products in a B2B or enterprise context, Experience leading teams of 10+ engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development of senior individual contributors, Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous, high-growth environments where partner roadmaps, product coverage, and integration commitments are still maturing, Proven cross-functional leadership influencing outcomes across multiple engineering and product organizations, Experience leading multi-team architectural transitions such as consolidation, replatforming, multi-tenancy, or data isolation inside an established business with real customers and revenue, Technical proficiency in distributed systems, API/SDK design, and cloud infrastructure (e. g. , AWS or GCP), Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have
Direct domain experience in commerce platforms, omnichannel retail, OMS, POS, catering systems, or connected-store / in-store technology, Track record of building multi-tenant platforms serving multiple internal or external customers, with per-tenant configuration, isolation, and extensibility requirements, Experience partnering with ML and Data Engineering teams on data platform compliance, model training infrastructure, or data isolation initiatives, Background scaling enterprise integrations and managing partner-facing technical relationships across product, engineering, and customer-facing functions, Experience leading other engineering managers and growing two-layer organizations
What You'll Do.
and grow a senior-skewed team of ~12 engineers
Set clear architectural and execution direction
Foster a culture of ownership
and continuous improvement
Set and maintain the unifying technical thesis for the team — multi-tenancy
configuration-driven release management
and per-retailer extensibility
Drive consolidation of bespoke retailer-vertical services onto unified Instacart platform rails
Partner with ML and Data Engineering on long-term enterprise data platform compliance for our ML systems
Deliver self-service tooling — including sandbox environments
configuration interfaces
and retailer-facing extensibility
Represent technical and product trade-offs across multiple engineering and product organizations
Broker resourcing decisions
Drive clarity in ambiguous scope
Ensure engineering investment stays aligned with committed work
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
In close partnership with Connected Stores, Pro Services, Commerce, Data Engineering, and ML, you'll broker the architectural and prioritization trade-offs; Represent technical and product trade-offs across multiple engineering and product organizations whose roadmaps and integration commitments evolve; Background scaling enterprise integrations and managing partner-facing technical relationships across product, engineering, and customer-facing functions
Process & Methodology
Drive clarity in ambiguous scope, Ensure engineering investment stays aligned with committed work
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