# Senior Engineering Manager, Enterprise Fulfillment

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $221k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Ruby on Rails, Go, Swift, Kotlin, engineering management
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Lead a team of 10+ engineers on Instacart's Enterprise Fulfillment platform, driving technical vision, roadmap execution, and high-availability systems for large-scale grocery picking and shopper experiences. Requires 10+ years software engineering experience including 5+ years managing large teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define, communicate, and drive the technical vision and strategy for the Enterprise Fulfillment team, ensuring alignment with the broader product strategy and key company bets.
- Scope and advocate for new technical investments that position the team for long-term success.
- Own the engineering roadmap and enable high-quality execution of key business outcomes.
- Oversee technical and product decisions that keep the team moving fast without compromising on reliability or scale.
- Establish and champion best practices for production services, holding the team to an exemplary enterprise-grade standard.
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of 10+ engineers building best-in-class picking experiences for retailers and shoppers.
- Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Drive recruiting and hiring efforts to attract top engineering talent.
- Partner across a broader organization of ~50 engineers and a cross-functional network spanning R&D, business development, and occasionally retailer stakeholders.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering management.
- Track record of leading teams of 15+ engineers and delivering complex consumer-facing or enterprise-facing products.
- Demonstrated ability to craft and execute strategic engineering roadmaps that align with business objectives and translate product strategy into technical direction.
- Experience as a hands-on technical leader, with prior background performing or closely overseeing individual contributor work at a senior or staff-equivalent level.
- Strong track record of staffing, mentoring, and developing engineering teams, including performance management and career development.
- Experience working cross-functionally with product managers, engineering manager peers, and senior individual contributors in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly structured and proactive communicator, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience leading multiple teams or managing other managers, including scaling a team from early stages to 10+ engineers.
- Prior experience managing engineering teams that own mission-critical, high-availability business systems.
- Experience building and maintaining enterprise-grade software systems at scale.
- Technical familiarity with Ruby on Rails, Go, Swift, and/or Kotlin.

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