Senior Software Engineering Manager, AI and Developer Productivity

September 18

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Instacart

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eCommerce • Transport • Retail

Instacart is a company that offers a flexible approach to work while transforming the grocery industry. It provides an essential service by delivering groceries and household goods to customers' doors in as little as 30 minutes. Instacart offers safe and flexible earning opportunities to personal shoppers and tackles challenges such as rerouting deliveries during snowstorms and connecting customers with coupons and deals. It aims to be the operating system for the grocery industry, thus helping customers save time for other activities. Instacart emphasizes diversity, equity, and belonging in its work culture.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🛍️ eCommerce

🚗 Transport

🛒 Retail

💰 $232M Venture Round on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Own and drive the roadmap for Instacart’s internal AI tooling and developer platforms - shaping how hundreds of engineers write, test, and ship code every day. • Oversee high-impact projects like AI-powered code review agents, LLM gateways, CI/test performance, and local dev environments. • Lead two high-impact teams (AI Productivity & Developer Experience) and build and grow a high-performing, mission-driven team. • Partner with senior engineers, TPMs, and leaders across Infrastructure, ML, and Product to drive alignment and adoption at scale. • Navigate ambiguity, prioritize work, and execute under pressure in a fast-paced, complex environment. • Embed AI into daily developer workflows to improve engineering velocity and reduce friction.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering management experience, with at least 2+ years leading teams in infrastructure, AI/ML, or developer tooling. • Strong product instincts - ability to balance technical depth with usability and adoption. • Strong technical background—able to engage in architecture reviews, drive technical direction, and make informed tradeoffs. • Hands-on experience building or integrating AI/LLM-based tools into production or internal systems. • Proven ability to lead high-impact teams, deliver complex projects, and drive adoption of internal platforms at scale. • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities and high expectations. • Preferred: Prior experience leading both Developer Experience and AI-focused teams. • Preferred: Familiarity with tools like Copilot, Cursor, OpenAI APIs, Glean, or similar platforms. • Preferred: Experience managing relationships with AI or infra vendors and evaluating platform partnerships. • Preferred: Experience scaling developer productivity across 100+ engineers in a high-growth environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. • Flex First: flexibility to choose where you do your best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected through regular in-person events. • Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. • Base pay ranges provided for US-based candidates (location-dependent).