About the job
Join Us in Revolutionizing the Grocery Sector
At Instacart, we believe that everyone deserves access to the food they love and the time to enjoy it together. Our mission is to enhance grocery delivery to meet the diverse needs of our community while providing flexible earning opportunities for Instacart Personal Shoppers.
As a vital part of the grocery ecosystem, Instacart has become an essential service for millions. We’re assembling a talented team to propel our vision forward. If you're eager to make a significant impact, we welcome you to join us.
Embrace Flexibility with Instacart
Our Flex First approach allows employees to choose their ideal work environment, whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite café, while fostering connectivity through regular in-person events. Discover more about our flexible work culture.
Role Overview
We are seeking motivated interns to join Instacart’s Economics team. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in economics and machine learning, ideally as a current or recently graduated PhD student in economics or related disciplines such as marketing, finance, or operations research. Relevant research experience in computationally intensive empirical topics and exposure to machine learning coursework is essential.
The Economics team tackles a variety of intriguing challenges at the intersection of machine learning and economics. Our focus areas include aligning incentives within our multi-sided marketplace, assessing the effects of behavioral nudges on customer and shopper decisions, online advertising, uplift modeling, marketplace optimization, logistics, inventory intelligence, and causal inference. For more insights, visit our blog post.

