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Software Engineer II, Advertiser Optimization

Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only)🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $145,000–$145,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build and refine algorithmic systems for Instacart's advertising marketplace to maximize advertiser value through real-time bidding, pacing, and budgeting decisions.

Role type

Software Engineer II (Quantitative/Algorithmic)

Builds

Production systems for ads bidding, pacing, and budgeting

Domain

Grocery delivery / Digital Advertising / Marketplace Optimization

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Optimization, Probability, Statistical modeling, Econometrics, Control theory, Python, SQL

Preferred skills

Ads systems, Auction theory, Large-scale data pipelines, Real-time decision systems, Machine learning

Responsibilities

Develop and evaluate models and algorithms for ads bidding, pacing, and budgeting; Collaborate with scientists and engineers to translate marketplace questions into mathematical formulations; Contribute to production systems through algorithm implementation, validation, and monitoring; Operate in a fast-paced environment balancing rigor with speed; Communicate assumptions and findings to technical and cross-functional partners

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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