Senior Software Engineer II, Marketing Enablement & Technology

Instacart

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$230,000–$242,500 / yr
Posted
69 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role pays more than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$201,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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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 · Senior Software Engineer II, Marketing Enablement & Technology

Senior Software Engineer II, Marketing Enablement & Technology joins the Marketing Enablement & Technology team to provide technical leadership for the Paid MarTech pod. This role involves driving the technical roadmap, making architectural decisions for scalability, and enhancing developer productivity through process evolution and tooling improvements. You will build systems, APIs, and data pipelines that power paid marketing channels, specifically focusing on campaign feeds, audience targeting, event pipelines, and QA automation. The position requires expert-level proficiency in Python to design reusable abstractions and frameworks for high-throughput systems. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, championing observability, cost optimization, and security-by-design principles. You will serve as a domain expert in marketing technology, solving complex problems at the intersection of Marketing, Product, and Engineering to support substantial growth levers.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Drive the technical roadmap and make architectural decisions for reusable, scalable marketing systems.
  • Enhance developer productivity by evolving processes, tools, and abstractions across the codebase.
  • Lead team-wide initiatives and partner with senior Product and Marketing leaders on strategic designs.
  • Champion observability, resilience, cost optimization, and security-by-design principles for all team projects.
  • Mentor engineers up to L5 and resolve cross-team conflicts that block execution.
  • Serve as a domain expert for marketing technology and ad tech platforms across the organization.
  • Lead large-scale legacy system modernization efforts and strategically manage technical debt.

What we're looking for

  • 8–12 years of software engineering experience with expertise leading technical roadmaps and making architectural decisions.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python to design and implement reusable abstractions, frameworks, and patterns.
  • Deep technical knowledge of building scalable, high-throughput systems with observability, cost efficiency, and security considerations.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior Product and Marketing leaders to influence product roadmaps.
  • Proven track record of enhancing team productivity through process improvements, tooling development, and mentorship of senior engineers.
  • Excellent communication and influence skills to drive cross-team and cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience defining infrastructure and best practices for AI-assisted development (preferred).
  • Deep expertise in ad tech platforms and marketing technology ecosystems (preferred).

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