Engineering Manager (Service Platform)

Join Instacart as an Engineering Manager for the Service Platform team. In this role, you will lead the development of our core deployment and release engineering systems, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our services. You will work closely with product, infrastructure, and service teams to define and evolve a platform that enables fast iteration without compromising reliability. This is a critical role that directly impacts the stability, velocity, and success of Instacart's overall platform.

• Lead the Service Platform team responsible for Instacart’s core deployment and release engineering systems, ensuring reliability and efficiency in code shipping.
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and service teams to define and evolve a platform that enables fast iteration without compromising reliability.
• Set the vision, drive execution, and ensure that Instacart engineers have world-class tools to deploy, validate, and monitor their services.
• 2+ years of experience of leading and managing people with an emphasis on getting deep into details on designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong proficiency in maintaining high standards for production services
• 7+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
• Proven track record of launching and shipping high-impact products; bonus points for internal, developer facing products
• Strong communication skills and ability to contextualize problems across various audiences
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and involving the right stakeholders to address issues efficiently
• Experience building and shipping products to users
• Expertise building platforms and high scale infrastructure
• Visionary thinker capable of generating transformative ideas