Engineering Manager, Service Platform

Instacart

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Work type
Remote
Location
Ontario, CanadaAlberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaNova Scotia, Canada
Salary
$196,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted
152 days ago
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This role $202k
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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $166,363–$244,793 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $206k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Instacart

Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) is a North American grocery technology company that operates an online marketplace and delivery service connecting customers with personal shoppers who pick and deliver orders from local retailers. It also sells retail e-commerce software and advertising services to grocers and brands.

Instacart currently has 29 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$207,000 across 29 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Service Platform

As the Engineering Manager, Service Platform, you will lead the team responsible for core deployment and release engineering systems. You will oversee the development of canary infrastructure and end-to-end deployment tooling, ensuring that developers can ship code safely and efficiently. Your daily responsibilities include setting the vision for internal tools, driving execution on reliability systems, and managing cross-cutting stakeholder relationships to balance organizational needs. You will utilize your expertise in large-scale distributed systems to navigate ambiguous technical problem spaces. The role requires proficiency in software development across various programming languages and experience with specific technologies like Temporal. You will solve the business problem of maintaining platform stability and velocity by building intuitive, scalable, and highly resilient systems that serve as a critical enabler for every engineering organization.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $238500 from 39 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the team responsible for core deployment and release engineering systems.
  • Manage canary infrastructure and end-to-end deployment tooling for all services.
  • Define and evolve a platform that enables fast code iteration without compromising reliability.
  • Set the vision and drive execution for intuitive, scalable, and resilient internal tools.
  • Partner with product and infrastructure teams to define platform requirements and priorities.
  • Manage cross-cutting stakeholder relationships while prioritizing customer needs.
  • Lead incident triaging and maintain high standards for production services.
  • Navigate ambiguous technical problem spaces to understand deployment infrastructure end-to-end.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2+ years of experience leading and managing people with an emphasis on designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • 7+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • Proven track record of launching and shipping high-impact products (preferred: internal, developer-facing products).
  • Strong proficiency in maintaining high standards for production services.
  • Ability to lead product and critical reliability systems like Temporal, Canary, and Deployments.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to contextualize problems across various audiences (preferred).
  • Expertise building platforms and high-scale infrastructure (preferred).

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