# Engineering Manager, Service Platform at Instacart

- Company: Instacart
- What the company does: Order same-day delivery or pickup from more than 300 retailers and grocers. Download the Instacart app or start shopping online now with Instacart to get groceries, alcohol, home essentials, and more delivered to you in as fast as 1 hour or select curbside... Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://www.instacart.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-05-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://instacart.careers/job/?gh_jid=7960958
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/instacart-engineering-manager-service-platform/

## About the role

As the Engineering Manager for the Service Platform team, you will lead the group responsible for Instacart’s core deployment and release engineering systems, including our canary infrastructure and end‑to‑end deployment tooling. This platform is foundational to the reliability of every service at Instacart, and your work will directly shape how developers safely, confidently, and efficiently ship code.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 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
- 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 proficiency in maintaining high standards for production services
- Strong communication skills and ability to contextualize problems across various audiences

Tags: Leadership (Engineering)