Trust & Safety Associate - Law Enforcement Response

October 27, 2025

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Overview

About the Role - The Law Enforcement Response (LER) Associate will sit on Instacart’s Safety & Claims team and report to the Law Enforcement Response and Information Security Ops 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.

About the Team - 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.

About the Job

Field time-sensitive inquiries (including emergency requests) from law enforcement regarding Instacart’s policies around disclosing user data
Communicate Instacart’s user information disclosure policies to internal and external parties with empathy, professionalism, and diplomacy
Conduct complex investigations to identify users and pull records
Draft responses to valid subpoenas, warrants, and court orders with precision and attention to detail
Review and provide feedback on your team members’ responses
Independently handle case management tasks, ensuring that the request queue is organized and up-to-date
Take on program management tasks such as QA, process improvements, and metrics reporting

About You

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or job-related equivalent experience in lieu of degree
2+ years of experience in legal operations, privacy operations, or a similar field
Excellent writing skills
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
Familiarity with legal language and US/CAN criminal justice system
Interest in issues related to law, public safety, and privacy

Preferred Qualifications

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
Comfortable using Adobe Acrobat or similar PDF editing software

#LI-Remote

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.

Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.

For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ

$75,000—$83,000 USD

WA

$72,000—$80,000 USD

OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI

$68,000—$76,000 USD

All other states

$62,000—$69,000 USD

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