Engineering Manager, FoodStorm
InstacartMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posted December 3, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Instacart is a Flex First team that delivers 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.
Job Description
We're transforming the grocery industry. Instacart is a Flex First team, where employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of full-stack engineers responsible for FoodStorm's Order Management Platform.
Requirements
- Lead a team of engineers across backend, frontend, and cloud infrastructure to deliver scalable and secure software
- Collaborate on, and drive the execution of a clear technical and product vision aligned with FoodStorm and Instacartâs platform strategy
- Serve as a technical authority in full-stack engineering, overseeing the lifecycle of backend services, APIs, integrations, and UI components
- Guide the team through complex architectural decisions and implementation of secure, reliable, cloud-native systems
- Partner with broader Instacart teams to support retailer integrations and cross-platform technical initiatives
- Oversee production systems, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability, performance, and incident response
- Drive process improvements that increase engineering efficiency, predictability, and quality
- Support hiring, onboarding, growth, and mentorship for engineers
- Promote best practices in coding, testing, documentation, observability, CI/CD, and security
- Apply pragmatic decision-making, balancing business priorities with secure and scalable solutions
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Additional employee benefits