Software Engineer, Platform

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.

The Data and Marketplace team at Whatnot is fundamental to the product’s global operations. We power critical infrastructure, ensure high availability and reliability at scale, and support a seamless experience for our users across the world. As Whatnot continues to grow rapidly, our team is responsible for enabling that growth—by building scalable systems, improving developer efficiency, and developing innovative ways for users to interact with the platform.

We play a central role in shaping the future of Whatnot and are accountable for supporting the continued expansion of both buyers and sellers in the years ahead.
Each member of the team has a lot of individual responsibility and many freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise sound judgment is essential to us.

Team members in this role are required to be within 50 Miles of New York City.

• Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here.

  As our next Software Engineer, you should have 3–5+ years of software development experience building scalable systems that can handle millions of users, plus:

  • You are comfortable with multiple programming languages (we primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript – knowledge of these in particular not required)

  • Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution

  • You can mentor others and prioritize building inclusive, supportive teams

  • Strong ownership instincts – you can own projects from inception to production and beyond

  • Known for shipping products and features quickly and reliably

  • Excellent problem-solving skills – you don’t need to be told exactly what to do

  • Willingness to work across the stack and do frontend work when required

  • Ability to quickly pick up new technologies

  • Proven track record of delivering features

For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $190,000 to $215,000 + benefits + equity.

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)

• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

• Work From Home Support

  • Home office setup allowance

  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

• Care benefits

  • Monthly allowance for wellness

  • Annual allowance towards Childcare

  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses

• Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally

• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app

  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).

• Parental Leave

  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allownces run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.