Staff Corporate Engineer

Instacart

Staff Corporate Engineer at Instacart defining technical strategy and architecture for security-critical platforms. Overseeing identity, access, and network infrastructure across multiple locations.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$168,000 - CA$177,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Terraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and own the long-term identity architecture strategy for Instacart
Establish and own the IaC engineering standards and platform patterns for identity and access
Define Instacart's office network architecture strategy and target-state design
Own the IT endpoint strategy for MDM (both Mac and Windows)
Serve as the technical authority for major IT incidents
Identify opportunities to position Instacart Corporate Engineering at the forefront of AI adoption
Drive the access governance and compliance architecture strategy
Act as a technical force multiplier across Corporate Engineering and adjacent teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in corporate IT engineering or a related field
5+ years of hands-on ownership of an enterprise Okta tenant at scale (5,000+ users)
3+ years of experience designing and implementing identity governance and automation using Okta Workflows
Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform required
Experience with endpoint management (MDM) systems in a mixed Mac and Windows environment
Proven track record of technical leadership across teams
Experience with enterprise network infrastructure
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Highly market-competitive compensation
Remote work options
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Benefits offerings available

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Hard Skills & Tools

identity architectureInfrastructure-as-CodeTerraformidentity governanceautomationOktaendpoint managementMDMnetwork infrastructureAI adoption

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunication