Senior Software Engineer, Marketing Enablement & Technology

SpaceX

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Work type: Remote
Location: Ontario, CanadaAlberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaNova Scotia, Canada
Salary: $168,000–$177,500 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Nearby: 22 roles within 25 mi

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This role $173k

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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 Software Engineer, Marketing Enablement & Technology

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Instacart's Marketing Enablement & Technology (MET) team, you will lead the architecture and scaling of backend services and ETL processes for paid marketing channels, including social media, display ads, SEM, video, television, and audio. Your day-to-day involves independently driving projects from conception to deployment, designing robust systems that handle high-throughput operations, and collaborating closely with Marketing and Product teams to shape technical strategy. You will mentor junior engineers through code reviews and onboarding while focusing on Python, Snowflake, SQL, Airflow, and DBT for data integration and workflow orchestration. With a deep understanding of digital marketing KPIs and ad platform APIs, you will optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency, contributing to Instacart's significant growth in paid marketing channels.

Skills

Python Snowflake SQL Airflow DBT Google Ads Facebook Ads Snapchat Ads Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana AWS Azure Cloud Cost Optimization Chaos Engineering Security-by-Design AI Tools

What you'll do

Lead end-to-end projects across backend services, APIs, and data pipelines with minimal guidance.
Architect scalable solutions for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency in high-throughput marketing operations.
Drive technical improvements by identifying deeper underlying problems and designing appropriate abstractions.
Partner directly with Marketing and Product stakeholders to influence features and requirements strategically.
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and onboarding support.

What we're looking for

5–8 years of software engineering experience with Python expertise for backend services.
Proven ability to lead full-cycle projects, from architecture design to production rollout.
Deep knowledge in data integration technologies and workflow orchestration tools.
Expertise in designing scalable, robust systems with comprehensive observability solutions.
Strong product thinking and strategic decision-making skills balancing technical and business needs.
Advanced understanding of ad platform APIs and conversion tracking mechanisms at scale.
Experience in digital marketing operations and optimizing performance marketing KPIs.