About the role
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.
Overview
About the Role
As a Compensation Analyst at Instacart, you'll support the building of the infrastructure, intelligence, and innovations that power our compensation function. You'll maintain core compensation processes, contribute to evolving our tools, and provide timely data analyses that inform program decisions. You'll work closely with compensation professionals, people analytics, and people technology teams to improve both day-to-day operations and ongoing projects.
This role will report to our Manager, Compensation, and offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience across a wide range of compensation programs.
About the Team
Join a high-impact team at the center of Instacart's people strategy. The Compensation team sits within the broader Total Rewards & Workplace umbrella and is responsible for delivering competitive, equitable, and data-driven compensation programs. We cover all aspects of compensation - including executive, broad-based, sales, and equity - and stay at the forefront of market trends to help attract, retain, and motivate top talent. s our business evolves, we are constantly innovating our approach, offering unique opportunities to shape outcomes and drive impact at scale.
About the Job
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Assist in building, maintaining, and updating datasets, dashboards, and tools that support compensation programs, market analysis, and job architecture.
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Work with the HR Tech/Operations teams to update our systems with current data and compensation changes; audit workforce data on a recurring basis and contribute to process improvement initiatives addressing operational pain points, "tech debt," and data hygiene.
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Partner with compensation team members and technology partners in migrating manual processes into scalable, sustainable systems.
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Analyze data, highlight trends, and help translate findings into actionable insights for the comp team and partners.
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Help develop and document and update best practices for compensation processes and analytics.
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Serve as a resource for complex, ad hoc comp analyses and special projects.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in compensation, HR/people analytics, recruiting analytics, early-career consulting (e.g., management consulting, people-focused consulting), or other analytical/data-focused roles.
- Interest and curiosity in tool-building, automation, or process improvement - with a willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies (AI/automation, BI platforms, or scripting).
- Strong technical skills in Excel/Sheets and a desire to develop further with advanced data tools (e.g., SQL, R, BI platforms).
Preferred Qualifications
- AI-curious: motivated to explore how AI and automation can improve compensation processes or data analysis.
- Effective written and verbal communicator, able to clearly share data and analysis with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborative, proactive, and eager to contribute to team goals.
- Curious, resourceful, and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.
About Instacart
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
About the role
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.
Overview
About the Role
As a Compensation Analyst at Instacart, you'll support the building of the infrastructure, intelligence, and innovations that power our compensation function. You'll maintain core compensation processes, contribute to evolving our tools, and provide timely data analyses that inform program decisions. You'll work closely with compensation professionals, people analytics, and people technology teams to improve both day-to-day operations and ongoing projects.
This role will report to our Manager, Compensation, and offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience across a wide range of compensation programs.
About the Team
Join a high-impact team at the center of Instacart's people strategy. The Compensation team sits within the broader Total Rewards & Workplace umbrella and is responsible for delivering competitive, equitable, and data-driven compensation programs. We cover all aspects of compensation - including executive, broad-based, sales, and equity - and stay at the forefront of market trends to help attract, retain, and motivate top talent. s our business evolves, we are constantly innovating our approach, offering unique opportunities to shape outcomes and drive impact at scale.
About the Job
-
Assist in building, maintaining, and updating datasets, dashboards, and tools that support compensation programs, market analysis, and job architecture.
-
Work with the HR Tech/Operations teams to update our systems with current data and compensation changes; audit workforce data on a recurring basis and contribute to process improvement initiatives addressing operational pain points, "tech debt," and data hygiene.
-
Partner with compensation team members and technology partners in migrating manual processes into scalable, sustainable systems.
-
Analyze data, highlight trends, and help translate findings into actionable insights for the comp team and partners.
-
Help develop and document and update best practices for compensation processes and analytics.
-
Serve as a resource for complex, ad hoc comp analyses and special projects.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in compensation, HR/people analytics, recruiting analytics, early-career consulting (e.g., management consulting, people-focused consulting), or other analytical/data-focused roles.
- Interest and curiosity in tool-building, automation, or process improvement - with a willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies (AI/automation, BI platforms, or scripting).
- Strong technical skills in Excel/Sheets and a desire to develop further with advanced data tools (e.g., SQL, R, BI platforms).
Preferred Qualifications
- AI-curious: motivated to explore how AI and automation can improve compensation processes or data analysis.
- Effective written and verbal communicator, able to clearly share data and analysis with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborative, proactive, and eager to contribute to team goals.
- Curious, resourceful, and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.
About Instacart
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.