Senior Risk & Compliance Engineer

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.

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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.

Overview

About the Role - 

Join Instacart's dynamic Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) team as a Senior Risk & Compliance Engineer. In this impactful role, you will identify and mitigate technology and business risks across Security, Financial Systems and Platforms, and Privacy. Your work will help safeguard Instacart's critical operations, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. Leveraging an engineering mindset, you'll innovate beyond traditional compliance approaches, using automation and continuous improvement techniques to reduce risk while enhancing operational efficiency.

About the Team - 

Our GRC team works within the Chief Information Security Organization (CISO), partnering closely with Security, Infrastructure and Product Engineering as well as cross-functional teams in Legal and Finance. Together, we tackle risks associated with data integrity, financial systems, security compliance, and privacy regulations. Guided by Instacart's values of collaboration and ownership, we take pride in fostering a "Go Far Together" spirit, emphasizing proactive problem-solving and collective accountability.

About the Job -

You’ll play a leading role in influencing Instacart’s GRC strategies and practices by:

• Designing, building, consulting and optimizing risk-based controls across Security, Financial Systems, and Privacy domains, with a focus on automation and continuous monitoring.
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