This role pays less than
58%
of similar roles. Most pay
$152,600–$230,087
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$188k
versus about
$191k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
52 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$196,000–$207,000
across 52 roles with salary data.
As an Engineering Manager, Site Reliability, you will lead and develop a team of Site Reliability Engineers to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Instacart’s technology platform. You will manage day-to-day operations by setting technical directions, driving incident management, and promoting automation and self-service tooling to reduce operational toil. The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to define reliability standards, improve observability, and manage capacity planning while balancing near-term needs with long-term investments. You will work with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, containers, and orchestration platforms. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, communicating technical risks to stakeholders, and managing post-incident reviews. This role addresses the complex challenge of maintaining a dependable online marketplace for grocery delivery by ensuring high availability and operational excellence across large-scale production environments.
What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?
Median $235250 from 37 postings across 20 companies.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Site Reliability Engineers to support their career growth and professional development.
Set the technical direction for improving system reliability, scalability, availability, performance, and operational readiness.
Partner with cross-functional teams to define reliability standards and influence system design across the organization.
Drive incident management processes, including response, post-incident learning, capacity planning, and risk reduction.
Promote automation and self-service tooling to reduce operational toil and improve deployment confidence.
Balance immediate operational needs with long-term infrastructure investments in a high-growth environment.
Communicate technical risks, project status, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Seven or more years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
Two or more years of experience managing, mentoring, or leading engineering teams.
Professional experience with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, containers, orchestration platforms, or related production technologies.
Experience leading or participating in production incident response, post-incident reviews, reliability improvement initiatives, and operational readiness practices.
Experience communicating technical risks, priorities, and tradeoffs to engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience leading Site Reliability Engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer productivity teams (preferred).
Experience with infrastructure as code, continuous delivery, monitoring, logging, tracing, and automated remediation (preferred).