Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Operations Research

Instacart

. Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions to tackle practical challenges in the marketplace.

Posted 4/9/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $173,000 - $218,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

KerasPandasPythonScikit-LearnSQLTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions to tackle practical challenges in the marketplace.
Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and backend engineers to deeply understand business needs and create impactful ML applications.
Actively engage with diverse stakeholders to ensure that solutions are well-integrated and aligned with business goals.
Push the envelope on our operational efficiency by continually refining and advancing our algorithms and models.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have a graduate degree (masters or PhD) in Operations Research or Industrial Engineering
3+ years of industry experience using machine learning to solve real-world problems with large datasets
Have strong programming skills in Python and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools
Have strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
Are a strong communicator who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders across all levels
Knowledge of deep learning frameworks and methodologies (preferred)
Experience in applying machine learning and optimization techniques to solve marketplace problems (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Professional development opportunities
Equity grants
Annual refresh grants

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningdata manipulationPythonSQLPandasscikit-learnXGBoostKerasTensorFlowoptimization techniques

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaboration

Certifications

graduate degreemastersPhD