This role pays less than
67%
of similar roles. Most pay
$142,400–$217,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$149k
versus about
$180k
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
54 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$196,000–$207,000
across 54 roles with salary data.
As a Software Engineer II, Advertiser Optimization, you will join the team responsible for the decision-making engine of the advertising business. You will develop and evaluate models and algorithms for bidding, pacing, budgeting, and targeting to convert advertiser goals into real-time auction actions. Your daily work involves collaborating with scientists and engineers to translate marketplace questions into mathematical formulations, implementing analyses, designing experiments, and monitoring production systems. The role requires a strong quantitative background in mathematics, statistics, economics, or operations research to solve complex marketplace problems at scale. You will utilize Python and SQL to implement algorithms and manage large-scale data pipelines. This position focuses on the technical challenge of balancing user experience with platform revenue within a high-volume advertising marketplace that requires rigorous analytical thinking and rapid execution.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $206300 from 379 postings across 58 companies.
Control Theory
Constrained Optimization
Auction Theory
Mechanism Design
Dynamic Programming
Go
Java
C++
Python
Causal Inference
Experimental Design
Real-time Bidding
Data Analysis
Data Science
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Statistical Modeling
Adaptive Control
model-predictive control
Production Systems
Analytics
Budget Allocation