Instacart

Instacart invites the world to share love through food. This is how homemade is made.

Software Engineering Manager, Database Platform

Engineering ManagerEngineering ManagerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 18 moreAll locations: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington

Posted

52 days ago

Salary

$192K - $242K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

Job Description

• Own the end‑to‑end strategy, roadmap, and execution for Instacart’s managed database platform • Lead and develop a high‑performing team of 5 engineers • Design and operate multi‑tenant database offerings with strong availability • Build automation and control planes for provisioning, schema and version management • Partner with Security, SRE, Data Platform, and product engineering to migrate legacy systems • Deliver meaningful cost outcomes by optimizing instance sizing and performance • Establish best practices in observability, testing, CI/CD, change management

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional software or infrastructure engineering experience
  • 5+ years building and operating production database platforms or services at scale
  • Hands‑on experience with a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP) and infrastructure‑as‑code
  • Expertise with high availability and disaster recovery for relational databases
  • Operational ownership of always‑on systems
  • Security experience implementing RBAC, encryption in transit/at rest, and audit logging
  • Proven ability to define and deliver a platform roadmap
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible working hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options
  • New hire equity grant
  • Annual refresh grants

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