Director of Engineering, Mobile
We're transforming the grocery industry
Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Since 2012, we’ve been working towards creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
Groceries delivered to your door in as little as an hour. It seems simple, right? Well, it’s more complex than that. From re-routing deliveries during snowstorms, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating over half a billion grocery data lines every night...our efforts bring Instacart closer to being the operating system for the grocery industry.
Solving these problems is what helps our customers get back time in their day, so they can do more of what they love.
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OVERVIEW
Director of Mobile within Platforms with technical guidance for mobile engineers across IC app. Focus towards building a native platform and the tools and process for us to scale. Responsibilities include performance management, design systems and mobile infra architect of the app. Mobile development collaboration across Instacart.
ABOUT THE JOB
• You will own one or more business-critical systems, and working closely with cross-functional partners will participate in developing the engineering vision and roadmaps for your organization.
• You will manage multiple multidisciplinary teams including other engineering managers and be responsible for your organization's productivity, system health, and impact.
• You will provide hands-on technical management, guidance, and support including system/design/code reviews.
• You will hire and grow your teams with superior engineering talent, and coach and improve the performance of existing engineers in your organization.
• You will directly assist senior engineering leaders in decision making for the broader engineering organization.
ABOUT YOU
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of people management experience, including 5+ years managing other managers
• The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
• Experience in building and maturing engineering teams and infrastructure in a startup environment
• Strong analytical skills and a sense of ownership