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Senior Software Engineer II, Marketing Enablement & Technology

Instacart
Remote - Canada (ON, AB, BC, or NS only)Updated 3d ago
Base salary
$196k–$207k
Published base salary range
Location
Remote - Canada (ON, AB, BC, or NS only)
Remote eligibility
Employment
Full-time
Senior
Role family
Engineering
E-commerce
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About the job

Company Overview

Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing grocery delivery and household goods, offering flexible earnings to personal shoppers, and building technology to serve millions of customers.

Role Overview

The Marketing Enablement & Technology (MET) team within Instacart's Marketing organization builds the systems, APIs, and data pipelines powering Paid Marketing channels. This role provides technical leadership for the Paid MarTech pod, driving the technical roadmap, architectural decisions, and team productivity improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the team's technical roadmap and architectural decisions, balancing short and long-term investments to build reusable, scalable systems.
  • Enhance developer productivity by evolving processes, tools, and abstractions.
  • Lead team-wide initiatives and partner with senior Product and Marketing leaders on strategic decisions.
  • Champion observability, resilience (including chaos engineering and disaster recovery), cost optimization, and security-by-design.
  • Mentor engineers up to L5 and resolve cross-team conflicts.

Qualifications

Minimum

  • 8–12 years of software engineering experience with technical leadership and architectural decision-making.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python.
  • Deep knowledge of building scalable, high-throughput systems with observability, cost efficiency, and security.
  • Ability to partner with senior leaders and influence product roadmap.
  • Proven track record of enhancing team productivity and mentoring senior engineers.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI-assisted development tooling and best practices.
  • Deep expertise in ad tech platforms and marketing technology ecosystems.
  • Track record of legacy system modernization and technical debt management.
  • Experience establishing coding standards and technical review processes.

Compensation & Benefits

Base pay range: CAN$196,000—$207,000 CAD. Eligible for new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants. Additional benefits are offered.

Location

Remote in Canada, with hiring limited to Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

Application

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