[Hiring] Principal Software/Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Quality @Instacart
Mar 25, 2025 - Instacart is hiring a remote Principal Software/Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Quality. 💸 Salary: $278,000 - $372,000 usd. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
Are you excited about applying cutting-edge AI / ML models and technologies to complex real-world problems? Are you inspired to deliver tangible, quantifiable impact to tens of millions of users and partners, while solving some of the toughest optimization challenges in a 4-sided marketplace? Are you passionate about mentoring and growing ML engineering talent, while instilling and fostering a principled engineering culture? If so, we have a job for you! The Ads Engineering team is looking for a seasoned ML engineering leader to act as the Area Tech Lead of Ads Quality, working alongside Ads Software Engineering leaders.
- Directly contribute to the company’s myriad of AI, ML, and Quality innovations, both as an Individual Contributor and Technical Lead.
- Lead the team to design next-generation, AI-powered solutions to support the business’ broadening growth.
- Partner with Eng and PM leadership to prioritize and support all product needs.
- Develop company-defining collaborations with other engineering pillars across Instacart.
- Grow and mentor engineers, and contribute to shaping engineering culture not only for Ads but for all of Instacart.
Qualifications
- PhD in AI / ML or related field, or equivalent academic and research experience.
- 15+ years of experience as a software and / or ML engineer.
- Proven track record of architecting & building production-grade ML systems, AI and quantitative optimization technologies at a global scale.
- Proficiency in one or more relevant systems programming languages (e.g., Go, Rust or C++) and application programming languages (e.g., Python or Ruby).
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and collaborate effectively at senior to executive levels, driving consensus and clarity.
- Experience mentoring and developing engineering culture and talent.
Requirements
- Hands-on expertise in building large-scale AI/ML systems bridging generative AI, predictive modeling, and recommendation engines to solve real-world problems.
- Deep understanding of Ads Quality systems, including bidding, yield optimization, retrieval processes, and auction dynamics.
- Familiar with AWS, Golang, Spark, Clickhouse, Snowflake, TensorFlow.
Benefits
- Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
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$278,000 - $372,000 usd
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Mar 25, 2025
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