Job brief: Sr Software Engineer II - Ads Manager (Front End)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Instacart's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-12 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-12.
• The apply link opens instacart.careers, the address Instacart's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $230,000 to $242,500 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · United States - Remote · Remote - Canada
• Posted: 2026-11-12

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 8+ years of experience building modern web applications, with substantial ownership of complex, user-facing products.
• Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role.

Conditions

• Champion observability, performance, and reliability for Ads Manager, including metrics, logging, tracing, and on-call readiness for critical flows.

Main duties

• Lead the technical roadmap and architecture for Ads Manager’s web applications, balancing near-term delivery with long-term scalability and extensibility.
• Design, build, and maintain high-quality React UIs for campaign creation, management, reporting, and optimization.
• Partner with backend teams on API and data contracts that enable robust, observable, and cost-efficient systems.
• Collaborate with other frontend leads and peers across the company to build alignment on frontend standards and best practices.
• Mentor and sponsor engineers up to L5, improve onboarding and team practices, and help resolve cross-team execution issues.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $188k a year (998 listings, 59 employers). This listing is 26% higher.
• Across Instacart's 27 open listings, 11% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Instacart hires

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