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 we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

Instacart is a Flex First team

There’s 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 work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

About the Role
Instacart is on a mission to operate the world's most trusted and secure grocery delivery platform, and corporate security is a cornerstone of achieving that vision. As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding Instacart’s internal systems, data, and workflows. You’ll lead the charge in detecting and mitigating risks within our corporate environment and will have the unique opportunity to define our corporate security strategy and implement scalable solutions to ensure operational security and velocity.

About the Team
The Corporate Security team at Instacart is responsible for ensuring that the company’s internal networks, corporate assets, and employee workflows are secure, scalable, and resilient. This team operates at the intersection of security and efficiency, crafting proactive strategies to protect Instacart while maintaining operational speed.

As the first engineer dedicated exclusively to corporate security, you’ll partner closely with Corporate Engineering and teams across infrastructure, IT, and subsidiaries to implement best-in-class security practices:

• Infrastructure Engineering: Build security controls directly into engineering workflows.
• IT-Corporate Engineering: Prioritize high-impact security improvements while maintaining employee efficiency.
• Subsidiaries: Extend enterprise-grade security into subsidiary corporate environments.

About the Job
In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Deploying systems and automations that provide top-tier security for Instacart’s corporate environment.
• Acting as the security partner for the IT-Corporate Engineering team, elevating security awareness and ensuring security remains a key priority.
• Owning and managing Instacart’s corporate security roadmap, working closely with the Detection and Response team to ensure controls are successfully monitored.
• Developing and operationalizing a vulnerability management program for the corporate network and assets, ensuring continuous improvement of the company’s overall security posture.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Information Security, including operational security monitoring with tools such as osQuery and Crowdstrike.
• Strong expertise in corporate security systems and best practices, with experience in environments involving Zero Trust, Okta, Google Workspace, BeyondCorp, email security, and more.
• Hands-on experience building tools and automations using common DevOps toolsets and programming languages.
• A proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, especially within SRE, detection engineering, and response groups.
• Excellent communication skills, enabling you to successfully advocate for corporate security initiatives and deeply engage with stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of defining and managing corporate security roadmaps.
• Experience building scalable vulnerability management programs in complex corporate networks.
• Leadership skills to mentor team members and drive cross-team initiatives.

#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.

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 US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ$225,000—$250,000 USDWA$216,000—$240,000 USDOR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI$207,000—$230,000 USDAll other states$187,000—$208,000 USD