Responsibilities
- Build new user-facing features for Whatnot’s live streams.
- Implement growth tactics and strategies for buyer and seller flows.
- Build scalable systems that support a high-trust marketplace experience.
- Write product and system development code.
- Design, implement, and operate critical scalable services.
- Evaluate technical tradeoffs and support features from design through launch.
- Triage, debug, track, and resolve product or system issues by analyzing network, service operations, and quality issues.
Requirements
- Graduate with a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree by Summer 2027.
- Have some industry software engineering experience.
- Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and creative thinking.
- Be willing to build products and systems for more than 1 million users.
- Be capable of building scalable systems and learning new technologies quickly.
- Demonstrate excellent product instincts and a user-focused approach.
- Have a track record of shipping products and features quickly.
- Be open to relocation to Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle.
Benefits
- Generous holiday and time-off policy.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Work-from-home support, including a home office setup allowance and monthly cell phone and internet allowances.
- Care benefits, including wellness and childcare allowances and a lifetime family-planning benefit for adoption or fertility expenses.
- 401(k) plans with Traditional and Roth options in the US, including an employer match of up to 4% of base salary, and pension plans internationally.
- Monthly allowance to use Whatnot as both a buyer and seller.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus one month of gradual return to work.
- Flexible work from home or from global office hubs, with required commuting distance to Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle.
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About Whatnot
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the US, UK, and Europe. Millions of people come to Whatnot every day to buy, sell, and connect over the things they love, from sneakers to sports cards, vintage fashion to fine jewelry, comics to Pokémon, beauty, electronics, and hundreds of other categories. In 2025, live sales on Whatnot surpassed $8B, more than doubling the year before. Over 20 million accounts were created last year alone, and we have been the #1 shopping app in both the US and UK. We've built a real business, but we're nowhere near done. Live commerce at this scale has never been done in the West, which means the people here now are shaping how an entirely new industry develops. The pace here is fast and the expectations are high. We move quickly, prioritize ruthlessly, and trust people to own their work end-to-end. In return, careers grow faster, impact is real, and your colleagues will raise your standards. It's an environment built for people who want to do the best work of their careers alongside others doing the same. We're a remote, co-located team with hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, and we're hiring across every function.