Engineering Manager, Order Experience: Scale Checkout

EngineersOfAI; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Instacart is a North American leader in online grocery, building a flexible, high‑velocity engineering culture. We are hiring an Engineering Manager for the Order Experience team, responsible for checkout architecture, order management, and post‑order quality.

You will drive collaboration with 10+ partner teams and balance reliability with rapid delivery. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, architectural health, and people management in a high‑volume environment that directly impacts

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with leadership of 8+ engineers.
• Experience owning and scaling backend systems in high-traffic, production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering organization of 8+ engineers responsible for checkout architecture, order management, and post‑order quality.
• Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for 10+ partner teams across the organization.
• Drive platform thinking to rebuild and modernize foundational systems while balancing shipping velocity.
• Own end-to-end engineering execution including roadmap alignment, technical strategy, and team development.
• Partner with product, design, data science, and cross‑functional leaders to shape the future of order infrastructure.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend scalability

High‑traffic systems

Job description

Instacart is a North American leader in online grocery, building a flexible, high‑velocity engineering culture. We are hiring an Engineering Manager for the Order Experience team, responsible for checkout architecture, order management, and post‑order quality.

You will drive collaboration with 10+ partner teams and balance reliability with rapid delivery. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, architectural health, and people management in a high‑volume environment that directly impacts