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We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
The Shopper Activation & Engagement team at Instacart owns core moments in the shopper lifecycle, including onboarding, activation, finding work, evaluating and accepting batches, staying compliant, understanding earnings-related experiences, and remaining engaged on the platform. The team's work directly supports shopper experience, supply quality, marketplace efficiency, operational reliability, and compliance.
We are looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead a team of 10–12 engineers across mobile, backend, vendor-integrated systems, and engineering foundations. This leader will shape the team's strategy, execution model, technical direction, and talent development while partnering closely with Product, Design, Data, Operations, Legal/Compliance, and other cross-functional teams.
This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in broad, fast-moving product engineering environments where technical, operational, marketplace, and regulatory decisions all matter. You will help build reliable, scalable systems that make it easier for shoppers to succeed and help Instacart's marketplace operate efficiently at scale.
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
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The salary range for the Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement position at Instacart is USD 229k+/yr.
The Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement position at Instacart is based in Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only); Remote - Canada. This is a remote position.
The Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement position at Instacart is a Contract role.
The Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement position at Instacart requires 8+ yrs exp.
Key skills for the Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement position at Instacart include: machine learning, ruby on rails, python, go, postgres, redis, aws.