About The Position

The Law Enforcement Response (LER) Specialist will sit on Instacart’s Safety & Claims team and report to the LER Lead. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Legal and other stakeholders in this role. You must be able to operate with a high degree of confidentiality. Instacart's Trust & Safety team takes data-driven, customer-first approaches to ensure we are compliant with all local, state, and federal regulations regarding grocery fulfillment. The Safety & Claims team is responsible for executing on processes critical to ensuring the Instacart platform remains secure and safe for all users. The role will include a blend of areas from real-time emergency response, tactical evidence gathering, and thorough investigations pertaining to misconduct and compliance on the Instacart platform. This is a full time role (40 hours/week) and may include off hours.

Requirements

  • Interest in issues related to law, policy, and privacy
  • Familiarity with legal language and US/CAN criminal justice system
  • Ability to communicate about complex, nuanced policy and legal issues to internal and external stakeholders in sensitive and potentially high-visibility situations
  • Ability to navigate emergency situations in a calm, meticulous, detail-oriented manner
  • Comfortable using Google Drive to collaborate with colleagues
  • Comfortable with basic data analysis using Excel or Google Sheets
  • Excellent writing skills

Nice To Haves

  • Familiarity with applicable privacy laws and regulations
  • Experience using investigative tools to conduct searches and identify records based on minimal information
  • Basic understanding of SQL
  • Professional experience related to legal and privacy operations
  • Comfortable using Adobe Acrobat or similar PDF editing software

Responsibilities

  • Field time-sensitive inquiries from law enforcement regarding Instacart’s policies around disclosing user data
  • Conduct investigations to identify users and pull records
  • Draft responses to valid subpoenas, warrants, and court orders with precision and attention to detail

Benefits

  • Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
  • New hire equity grant
  • Annual refresh grants
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