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
The Ads DSE team builds the core capabilities that power Instacart's off-platform advertising, secure data collaboration (cleanrooms), automated taxonomy management, and their associated platform foundations. We are hiring a Senior Engineer II (L6) to co-own the technical roadmap, modernize our data solutions infrastructure, scale off-platform integrations and measurement capabilities, extend our cleanroom collaboration capabilities, and automate taxonomy change management workflows. This role is pivotal for cross-team collaboration, developer productivity, and AI-driven development initiatives.
You are a senior technical leader who designs and ships scalable, data‑intensive systems; drives cross‑team execution; and raises engineering standards. You’ll partner closely with Product, Data Science, Data Platform, and Governance teams to build reusable abstractions and deliver high‑impact features across our pillars: Off‑platform, Data collaboration (cleanrooms), Ads Taxonomy, Platform, and New Initiatives (AI). You will mentor L4/L5 engineers, act as an IC tech lead (no direct reports), and help define a future on‑call model and SLOs.
About the Job
Technical leadership and roadmap
Pillar execution
AI‑first engineering
Product quality, privacy, and security
Mentorship and collaboration
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- Proven senior‑level impact
- Backend and data engineering
- Ads/cleanrooms/privacy
- Platform excellence
- AI fluency (must‑have)
- Collaboration and communication
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience with UID2/TTD integrations, Roku/Pubmatic/NBCU, or Meta Advanced Analytics/Google ADH pipelines.
- Catalog/taxonomy, entity lineage, or custom hierarchy systems.
- Snowflake governance patterns, partner data collaboration at scale.
- Vendor/partner management and external API certification programs.
- Building AI‑powered internal tools (e.g., Slackbots, data assistants).
Why this role is a great opportunity....
- Lead foundational, high‑visibility initiatives and translate them into measurable impact on revenue, efficiency, and partner adoption.
- Co‑own the technical roadmap with scope to define abstractions, standards, and AI‑first workflows across multiple pillars.
- Ship impactful features end‑to‑end: direct UID2 activation, Share Manager extensions, taxonomy intake automation, and platform modernization.
- Collaborate with strong cross‑functional partners and enjoy occasional trips to our Toronto office to connect with the broader engineering community.
- Help define our future on‑call model and operational excellence standards as we scale.
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CAN
$196,000—$207,000 USD