Whatnot

Software Engineer, Trust & Risk

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about 1 month ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA +3 more
Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$170k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop systems to protect the platform.
  • Balance risk and user experience by monitoring protective systems.
  • Respond in real time to threats with event-driven pipelines.
  • Contribute across the full development lifecycle from ideation to monitoring.
  • Drive cross-team initiatives and communicate insights to leadership.
  • Continuously evolve defenses against emerging abuse patterns.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of total software engineering experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience.
  • 4+ years of experience building for consumer-scale loads.
  • 1+ years of production code experience in Python.
  • 1+ years of experience in Trust and Risk or related domains preferred.
  • Strong business intuition and data-driven mindset.
  • Ability to work autonomously and lead initiatives across product areas.
  • Comfort with data warehouses and transformation tools.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Generous Holiday and Time off Policy.
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision.
  • Home office setup allowance and monthly allowance for cell phone and internet.
  • Monthly wellness allowance and annual childcare allowance.
  • 401k offering with employer match and international pension plans.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave with gradual return to work.

Tech Stack

dbtPythonSnowflake

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringData Science