Senior Security Engineer II
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver 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.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and weâre building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If youâre ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
Thereâs no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best workâwhether itâs from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shopâwhile staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
About the Team
The CAPS team at Instacart is responsible for securing Cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and Product surfaces. We work closely with all other engineering teams, enabling them to roll out new product features and internal productivity systems in a secure way. Members of the CAPS team assume ownership of security risks and find solutions that mitigate whole classes of vulnerabilities.
About the Role
Identify business-critical risks present within Instacartâs product and infrastructure.
Analyze the risks and define remediation strategies with actionable roadmaps.
Develop scalable systems to enable and encourage secure engineering patterns.
Own and drive systemic improvements across engineering and other functions.
Coach and mentor other engineers within the organization.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Offensive Security roles.
3+ years of experience performing code reviews and design reviews.
Knowledge of security bug classes and best practice remediation techniques.
Understanding of SaaS architectures, common risks, and threat models.
Experience with Variant Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, or Secure Frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
Track record of security research, competitive hacking, or OSS contributions.
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CAN
$196,000â$207,000 CAD
Apply To This Job
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver 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.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and weâre building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If youâre ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
Thereâs no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best workâwhether itâs from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shopâwhile staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
About the Team
The CAPS team at Instacart is responsible for securing Cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and Product surfaces. We work closely with all other engineering teams, enabling them to roll out new product features and internal productivity systems in a secure way. Members of the CAPS team assume ownership of security risks and find solutions that mitigate whole classes of vulnerabilities.
About the Role
Identify business-critical risks present within Instacartâs product and infrastructure.
Analyze the risks and define remediation strategies with actionable roadmaps.
Develop scalable systems to enable and encourage secure engineering patterns.
Own and drive systemic improvements across engineering and other functions.
Coach and mentor other engineers within the organization.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Offensive Security roles.
3+ years of experience performing code reviews and design reviews.
Knowledge of security bug classes and best practice remediation techniques.
Understanding of SaaS architectures, common risks, and threat models.
Experience with Variant Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, or Secure Frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
Track record of security research, competitive hacking, or OSS contributions.
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CAN
$196,000â$207,000 CAD
Apply To This Job