OVERVIEW

The mission of the Ads Measurement team is to build the data and reporting foundation to communicate the value of partnering with Instacart Ads. We want to be the top choice for the CPGs (Consumer Product Goods companies) to understand how their consumers interact with their Brands worldwide. To achieve this we are building an authoritative, data source for all of the CPG related metrics. The team works closely with other Ads teams, Catalog, and Data Engineering gathering the data from multiple sources, running Data pipelines, aggregating a lot of complex business data and generating the metrics that matter to the CPGs.

This team is growing rapidly, has doubled in size in the first half of this year and is expected to maintain the same growth trajectory for the rest of the year.  We are looking for Engineering Leadership in both San Francisco and Toronto. 

ABOUT THE JOB

• You will work with Product, Data Science as well as with Sales to explore what moves the needle for the business
• You and your team will own the most important data structures shared across the Ads organization
• You will partner with many teams across Ads, Data Engineering and Catalog
• You will manage a team of backend and full stack engineers focused on building scalable systems
• You will help prioritize work for your team, making difficult tradeoffs on design based on business constraints, ensuring on-time deliverables and high-quality software
• You will provide hands-on technical management, guidance, and support including system/design/code review, and ultimately be responsible for the health of the systems your team builds.
• You will participate in interviewing, hiring decisions, on-boarding, and mentoring of new engineers with the goal of quickly making them productive members of your team.
• You will develop a team culture of ownership that reinforces the core values of Instacart!

ABOUT YOU

We rely on our values to guide our decisions: Solve for the Customer, Every Minute Counts, This is Your Baby, Go Far, Together and Of Course, But Maybe. What does this mean for your role? We are looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience managing a team of software engineers
• A strong understanding of engineering systems and experience with backend development
• The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions while improving the overall organization’s impact
• Knowledge of industry best practices for building large scale and highly reliable consumer applications
• Strong analytical skills and a sense of ownership

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