The opportunity
The Ads Manager team builds the core self-serve platform that brands, agencies, and retailers use to create, manage, and optimize their advertising campaigns on Instacart. We own the services, APIs, and data models behind campaign creation, creative management, and reporting,…
What you'll do
Lead and deliver projects end to end, from design through launch, that: improve advertiser activation, platform health, and ad revenue growth.
Design, build, and operate scalable, well-tested services and APIs that power: campaign management and reporting, reaching into the frontend where needed.
Partner with product managers and engineers inside and outside Ads Manager to: turn ambiguous requirements into well-scoped plans.
Define key architectural patterns, write and review system design documents,: and improve observability and system reliability.
Mentor junior engineers and raise the bar for code quality through thoughtful code review.
Contribute to recruiting and improve team processes.
What they're looking for
- Prior work experience in the digital advertising industry or on self-serve platforms.
- Experience designing and versioning public or partner-facing APIs (REST or GraphQL).
- Experience with asynchronous processing and messaging systems such as Kafka or Sidekiq.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and tooling (AWS, Terraform, Datadog or similar).
- Experience with React or TypeScript, and with integrating ML or AI capabilities into products.
