Compensation Analyst

Instacart; United (PA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery delivery service is seeking a Compensation Analyst to support core compensation processes and provide analytical insights. This remote role requires analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and a passion for automation. You will maintain datasets, analyze market trends, and contribute to ongoing improvements in compensation programs. Competitive compensation based on location.

Benefits

Market-competitive compensation

Flexible work location

Diverse and inclusive team

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in compensation, HR/people analytics, or data-focused roles.
• Interest in tool-building and automation technologies.
• Strong technical skills, with a desire to develop in data tools.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and maintaining compensation datasets and dashboards.
• Update systems with data and compensation changes.
• Analyze data trends and provide insights for the compensation team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Proficiency in Excel/Sheets

Data analysis

Communication skills

Tools

SQL

BI platforms

Job description

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our team.

Instacart is a Flex First team

There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Overview

About the Role

As a Compensation Analyst at Instacart, you'll support the building of the infrastructure, intelligence, and innovations that power our compensation function. You’ll maintain core compensation processes, contribute to evolving our tools, and provide timely data analyses that inform program decisions. You’ll work closely with compensation professionals, people analytics, and people technology teams to improve both day-to-day operations and ongoing projects.

This role will report to our Manager, Compensation, and offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience across a wide range of compensation programs.

About the Team

Join a high-impact team at the center of Instacart’s people strategy. The Compensation team sits within the broader Total Rewards & Workplace umbrella and is responsible for delivering competitive, equitable, and data-driven compensation programs. We cover all aspects of compensation - including executive, broad-based, sales, and equity - and stay at the forefront of market trends to help attract, retain, and motivate top talent. As our business evolves, we are constantly innovating our approach, offering unique opportunities to shape outcomes and drive impact at scale.

About the Job

• Assist in building, maintaining, and updating datasets, dashboards, and tools that support compensation programs, market analysis, and job architecture.
• Work with the HR Tech/Operations teams to update our systems with current data and compensation changes; audit workforce data on a recurring basis and contribute to process improvement initiatives addressing operational pain points, “tech debt,” and data hygiene.
• Partner with compensation team members and technology partners in migrating manual processes into scalable, sustainable systems.
• Analyze data, highlight trends, and help translate findings into actionable insights for the comp team and partners.
• Help develop and document and update best practices for compensation processes and analytics.
• Serve as a resource for complex, ad hoc comp analyses and special projects.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in compensation, HR/people analytics, recruiting analytics, early-career consulting (e.g., management consulting, people-focused consulting), or other analytical/data-focused roles.
• Interest and curiosity in tool-building, automation, or process improvement - with a willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies (AI/automation, BI platforms, or scripting).
• Strong technical skills in Excel/Sheets and a desire to develop further with advanced data tools (e.g., SQL, R, BI platforms).

Preferred Qualifications

• AI-curious: motivated to explore how AI and automation can improve compensation processes or data analysis.
• Effective written and verbal communicator, able to clearly share data and analysis with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative, proactive, and eager to contribute to team goals.
• Curious, resourceful, and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. The base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

• CA, NY, CT, NJ: $108,000 - $120,000 USD
• WA: $104,000 - $115,000 USD
• OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI: $99,000 - $110,000 USD
• All other states: $90,000 - $100,000 USD

Instacart is for everyone, and we’re committed to fostering diverse and inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Individuals seeking employment at Instacart are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.