Software Engineer, Discovery (Feed)
Whatnot
about 1 month ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA +3 more
Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$195k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Ship product features to enhance Discovery experiences for users.
- Build and maintain a scalable, stable, low latency feed experience.
- Develop services and infrastructure for efficient exploration systems.
- Lead a workstream of multiple software engineers to ensure project success.
- Collaborate with machine learning, platform, and product engineering teams.
- Contribute scalable solutions across various serving stacks.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field.
- Proven ability to solve real-world problems on consumer scale data.
- Experience in discovery-related fields such as Recommendations or Search.
- Expertise in designing and building scalable backend systems.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and managed services.
Benefits
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays.
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision.
- Home office setup allowance and monthly cell phone/internet allowance.
- Monthly allowance for food and wellness, plus annual childcare support.
- 401k offering with employer match and international pension plans.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave with a gradual return to work.
Tech Stack
Apache FlinkApache KafkaApache SparkAWSDatadogGrafana
Categories
AI & MLBackendData Engineering