
Senior Manager, Software Engineering – AI Experiences
Instacart
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $216,000 - $289,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
GoJavaPython
About the role
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10+ engineers
- Own end-to-end delivery of AI features
- Provide technical leadership across LLM systems
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data Science, Research, and Operations
- Establish engineering excellence: code quality and security best practices
- Hire exceptional talent and create career growth paths
- Measure business impact via instrumentation and A/B testing
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 4+ years directly managing software engineers
- Track record leading teams of 8+ engineers
- Hands-on experience building ML/AI-powered product experiences
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Go, Java)
- Experience designing and scaling services with SLOs
- Practical experience with A/B testing
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Benefits
- highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
- new hire equity grant
- annual refresh grants
- flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software engineeringmachine learningartificial intelligencebackend programmingPythonGoJavaA/B testingservice designscalability
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingteam developmentcross-functional collaborationtalent acquisitioncareer growth developmenttechnical leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsengineering excellence
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering