Director leading agentic AI and machine learning products for Instacart’s grocery technology platform. Building retailer solutions and guiding teams from strategy through production deployment.
Responsibilities
Lead engineering and machine learning strategy for agentic AI solutions for Instacart’s retail partners
Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing engineering and science teams
Partner with retailers and internal stakeholders to translate complex business problems into AI products
Guide development of reliable, scalable, usable systems combining machine learning, data, software engineering, and agentic capabilities
Establish direction in a zero-to-one product space while balancing technical strategy with rapid execution
Represent Enterprise AI across the organization and communicate tradeoffs, progress, risks, and opportunities to senior stakeholders
Lead products through the full lifecycle from identifying customer needs and exploring technologies to deploying and scaling production-ready AI systems
Requirements
Demonstrated experience building and deploying agentic AI, generative AI, or machine learning products in production environments
Experience leading engineering, machine learning, data science, or applied science teams through product development and delivery
Experience partnering with product, business, customer-facing, and technical stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions to complex problems
Strong understanding of machine learning development practices, software engineering principles, data systems, and operational considerations required to scale AI applications
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, prioritize work, manage ambiguity, and deliver results in a fast-changing environment
Preferred: Deep technical expertise in agentic systems, large language models, machine learning platforms, or related applied artificial intelligence
Preferred: Experience delivering applied machine learning products at significant scale
Preferred: Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across engineering, machine learning, data science, product, consulting, and customer-facing teams
Preferred: Experience working directly with retailers, commerce platforms, or other enterprise customers
Preferred: Track record creating clarity and momentum in zero-to-one product environments
Benefits
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Flexible choice of work location (home, office, or coffee shop)
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