Instacart · 4 days ago
Senior Data Engineer, Marketing Enablement & Technology
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$191K/yr - $202K/yr
5+ years expInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by making food accessible and enjoyable for all. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own and evolve the marketing analytics data foundation, designing high-quality data models and providing technical leadership across marketing data pipelines.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain high-quality dimensional data models and ELT pipelines that support marketing analytics across Paid Marketing, SEO, and Retailer Marketing, and attribution
Work closely with Data Scientists, Analysts, Data Engineers, and Marketing stakeholders to understand analytical needs, translate business questions into data requirements, and deliver trusted, decision-ready data assets
Lead efforts in data modeling, metric definition, testing, and documentation, owning data quality and resolving issues at their root cause across critical marketing workflows
Set standards and guide execution for marketing data pipelines, reviewing designs and implementations to ensure reliability, scalability, and analytical usability
Improve and evolve existing marketing data pipelines and workflows to reduce manual effort, improve performance, and increase the speed and confidence of analysis
Develop scalable analytics engineering patterns, including dimensional models, testing frameworks, and monitoring approaches, to support evolving marketing measurement needs
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or closely related roles, with clear ownership of production data systems
Advanced SQL skills and deep experience designing well-architected dimensional data models (star schemas, fact/dimension tables, SCDs)
Hands-on experience with the modern data stack, including dbt, Snowflake, and Airflow
Strong understanding of marketing data and metrics, including paid media performance, attribution concepts, and channel-level measurement
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership on complex data projects, including setting standards, guiding execution, and supporting the growth of other engineers
Excellent judgment and product thinking — you know how to balance speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability
Preferred
Experience working directly with Data Scientists on experimentation, attribution, or incrementality measurement
Familiarity with marketing platforms (ie Google Ads, Meta, Google Analytics, SEO tooling)
Python experience for automation or advanced transformations
Experience introducing analytics engineering best practices in an organization that didn't previously have them
Benefits
Eligible for a new hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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