Instacart
Senior Applied Scientist II, Ads Optimization
US
UTC-10 to UTC-5 $240k to $254k per year Full time
Senior
- Where you can live
- United States - Remote
- Working hours
- Overlap with UTC-10 to UTC-5
- Salary
- USD 240,000 to 253,500 per year
- Posted
- April 8, 2026
Summary from the posting
The Advertiser Optimization team is the decision-making engine of Instacart's $1B+ ads business. We own the systems responsible for Bidding, Pacing, Budgeting, and Targeting: converting stated advertiser goals into real-time auction actions. Our mission is to maximize realized Advertiser Value by deciding when to participate, how much to bid, and how fast to spend, all while balancing User Experience and Platform Revenue.
We are hiring a Senior Applied Scientist II to lead the algorithmic direction of these systems.
This is a short summary. The full description, requirements and the application form are on Instacart's own career page.