Integration & Automation Tech Lead
About the role
Overview
As the Integration & Automation Tech Lead, you will define the strategy, architecture, and delivery for Instacart's enterprise integration and automation landscape across the Finance and Accounting ecosystem. This role blends strategic ownership with hands-on technical leadership — ensuring our platforms are scalable, secure, audit-ready, and intelligent enough to evolve with the business.
You will architect modern, platform-agnostic integrations across ERPs, banking and payment systems, procurement, CRM, and data platforms — leveraging iPaaS, APIs, webhooks, and AI to eliminate manual work and accelerate financial transformation. You'll modernize release and automation practices through CI/CD, and partner with stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and Product to ensure technology is a strategic enabler of insight, compliance, and growth.
The Finance Systems and Solutions (FINSS) team owns the end-to-end lifecycle, governance, and evolution of technology systems that enables Finance across Instacart. We align deeply with Finance leadership to ensure that systems serve not just as tools, but as strategic enablers of insight, control, and growth.
About the Job
Strategy, Roadmap & Architecture
- Define and evolve the integration and automation strategy and roadmap across Finance and Accounting systems, with a platform-agnostic, best-fit-for-purpose approach.
- Architect solutions for end-to-end integrations across ERPs (Oracle/NetSuite/Workday), CRM (Salesforce), procurement (Zip/Coupa), HRIS, banking/payment processors, and data platforms (Snowflake/Databricks/Redshift).
- Translate complex technical landscapes into clear priorities and milestones that resonate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Champion modern integration patterns — iPaaS, event-driven architectures, REST/SOAP APIs, webhooks, and streaming — and select the right tool for each use case.
Solution Delivery & Technical Leadership
- Deliver robust, scalable integration solutions across modern iPaaS platforms (Boomi, Workato, MuleSoft, or equivalents) and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), as well as custom API and database integrations.
- Design and implement secure bank-to-ERP integrations with encryption (PGP, SFTP, tokenization) and payment processor integrations that meet financial controls and audit requirements.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated release frameworks across integration platforms to improve reliability, traceability, and deployment velocity.