Whatnot

Feature Platform Engineer

Whatnot

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21 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$245k - $345k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the feature ingestion and storage infrastructure for core business logic and ML models.
  • Push the boundaries of real-time decisioning for ML models.
  • Design and evolve real-time feature pipelines with sub-second latency.
  • Optimize system performance through resource management and caching strategies.
  • Build abstractions, APIs, and developer tools for near-real-time features.
  • Take on new technical challenges as AI scales across Whatnot's ecosystem.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience in developing machine learning systems.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience with production systems.
  • 1+ years of experience developing software in Python.
  • Experience with operational, search, and key-value databases.
  • Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and managed services.
  • Strong documentation and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays.
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision.
  • Work From Home Support with allowances for home office setup.
  • Monthly wellness and childcare allowances.
  • 401k offering with employer match and international pension plans.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave with gradual return to work.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache FlinkApache KafkaAWSDatadogElasticsearchGrafanaPostgreSQLPythonRedis

Categories

AI & MLData Engineering