Instacart · 17 hours ago
Machine Learning Phd Intern, Economics
United States
Internship
Remote
InternInstacart is transforming the grocery industry and is seeking interns to join their Economics team. The role requires a blend of economics and machine learning expertise to tackle complex problems and contribute to high-impact solutions for the company's growth.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
You will help design and build end-to-end machine learning solutions
You will be working in small and cross-functional product teams, with great opportunities for growth and ownership of projects
You will be an active member of an internal community, including economists, data scientists, operations research scientists and machine learning engineers, sharing learnings, best practices and research across many domains
You will develop high impact solutions to support Instacart's ambitious growth plans
You will work closely with engineers, product managers, other teams, and both internal and external stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to recommending a solution and testing it in controlled experiments
You will have the freedom to suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives
Qualification
Required
Current or recently graduated PhD student in economics or a related field with focus on data-intense problems
A blend of economic theory, applied econometrics, and business acumen that let you jump into a fast-paced environment and contribute from day one
Expertise in causal inference with observational and experimental data
Expertise in Python or R and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and machine learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools
Self-motivation and a strong sense of ownership
Benefits
Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
Flex First remote work policy
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (156)
2024 (173)
2023 (111)
2022 (159)
2021 (170)
2020 (59)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-11
2026-01-09
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