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 prospect 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. 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.

As a machine learning engineer in the Economics team, you will build state-of-the-art systems that blend rigorous economic thought with sophisticated machine learning algorithms to tackle some of the company's most challenging problems. Working in a horizontal team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with partners across multiple functions to operate on a highly diverse set of problems,



contributing both economic and engineering expertise in a fast-paced environment filled with exciting opportunities for technically‑minded economists. The Economics team at Instacart works on a range of interesting and challenging problems across our platform, from aligning the incentives in our multi‑sided marketplace to analyzing the role of prices and product placement in our customers' decision‑making.

Some of the core areas of focus for our team include matching and logistics, online advertising, uplift and long‑term value modeling, and general causal inference. Design, develop, and deploy machine learning solutions to tackle the many economic challenges in our complex marketplace. Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to deeply understand business needs and create impactful solutions.

Be an active member of the Economics team, sharing learnings, best practices, and research across domains while refining and advancing our algorithms. We are open to hiring either a Machine Learning Engineer II, Economist (fresh PhD graduate) or a Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Economist (post‑PhD industry experience).

Graduate

Degree (Masters or PhD) in Economics or a closely related field An understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques. Strong programming skills (Python) and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and machine learning tools (e.g., For Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Economist hires, we also expect: Experience putting machine learning model #

📌 Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Economist (Winnipeg)
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