Senior Engineering Manager, Enterprise Foundations

SpaceX

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$265,000–$279,500 / yr
Posted
14 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $201k
This role $272k
$145k most similar roles pay here $294k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $165,450–$236,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Enterprise Foundations

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Instacart's Enterprise Foundations team, you will lead and mentor a senior-skewed team of approximately 12 engineers, setting technical direction for multi-tenancy, data isolation, and configuration-driven release management. Your daily responsibilities include driving the consolidation of bespoke retailer-vertical services onto unified platform rails, ensuring seamless integration across various commerce surfaces like catering order management and smart-cart backend logic. You will work closely with ML and Data Engineering teams to ensure enterprise data compliance and develop self-service tooling for retailers and internal teams. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, API/SDK design, and cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), along with experience managing multi-team architectural transitions in high-growth environments. This position is crucial as Instacart scales its retail partnerships globally, addressing complex enterprise integration challenges and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

What you'll do

  • Lead and grow a team of 12 senior engineers, setting technical direction and fostering continuous improvement.
  • Set the architectural thesis for multi-tenancy, data isolation, and configuration-driven release management across workstreams.
  • Drive consolidation of bespoke retailer-vertical services onto unified Instacart platform rails.
  • Partner with ML and Data Engineering to ensure enterprise data platform compliance for per-retailer model training.
  • Deliver self-service tooling that enables retailers and internal teams to ship without engineering bottlenecks.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing teams.
  • Experience leading and growing senior-skewed engineering teams of 10+ members.
  • Proven ability to operate in ambiguous, high-growth environments with evolving roadmaps.
  • Cross-functional leadership influencing outcomes across multiple engineering and product organizations.
  • Technical proficiency in distributed systems, API/SDK design, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

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