We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table. Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
OVERVIEW ABOUT THE ROLE In this role, you will lead our team in the development of robust and creative solutions and products on Mobile, Web and Backend to make Instacart the most trusted platform for Shoppers, Customers and Retailers by providing safety features, resources, and tooling. Additionally, your team will build the most helpful platform for Shoppers and Customers by providing easily-accessible, personalized, responsive and reliable support. ABOUT THE TEAM The Safety & Help team at Instacart is responsible for building the best products and tools to enable a helpful, safe and secure community for everyone on Instacart. The Safety & Help team is part of our Success and Protect Pillar. ABOUT THE JOB
Lead a full-stack Engineering team (iOS, Android, Front End, Back End) responsible for the Safety and Help experience for the Instacart community
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, ML and Senior Leadership, generating the roadmap for your team, making difficult tradeoffs on design based on business constraints, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality software
Provide hands-on technical management, guidance, and support including system design/code review, and the health of the systems your team builds
Recruit and develop top talent to strengthen the technical and people leadership of this fast-growing Engineering team
Foster a team culture of ownership that reinforces the core values of Instacart
ABOUT YOU MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
High energy Engineering leader with previous experience scaling large teams in late-stage, fast growing environments
2+ years of experience managing a team of Software Engineers
Strong ability to balance business needs along with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
Experience recruiting, hiring and helping Engineers grow in their career
Strong knowledge of best industry practices for building large scale and highly reliable applications
Strong analytical skills and a strong sense of ownership
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