Senior Engineering Manager, Core PickingActive

The opportunity

The Fulfillment Services team at Instacart is at the heart of building the picking technology platform that powers the fulfillment needs of the world's largest retailers and millions of customers. Our work directly shapes how shoppers experience their day-to-day work and how…

What you'll do

  • Define, communicate, and drive the technical vision and strategy for the team: that supports the product strategy and key bets for the company, including new technical investments.

  • Drive high-quality execution of key business outcomes of the team by: overseeing the roadmap and enabling technical and product decisions.

  • Create best practices for production services, ensuring an exemplary: enterprise-grade experience for retailers.

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10+ engineers building the best in-class: picking experience for retailers and shoppers.

  • Lead the recruitment and hiring processes to build a high-performing team.

  • Proven track record as a hands-on technical leader, preferably at a Staff+ level in a similar industry.

What they're looking for

  • Experience leading multiple teams or managing managers, including scaling a: team from early stages to 10+ engineers.
  • Prior experience in managing engineering teams that oversee mission critical business systems.
  • Experience building enterprise-grade software systems.
  • Technical depth with Ruby on Rails, Go, Swift and/or Kotlin