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Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live 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, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we're building the future of online marketplaces -together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to 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. Role Search engineers at Whatnot are responsible for building the best search experience for users to find the most relevant content on the platform: streams, products, and others in the community. To achieve our goals, we are passionate about understanding, building and maintaining a healthy ecosystem, where buyers find engaging content and sellers thrive with their business. We focus on a wide variety of problems: taxonomy, search and filters, retrieval and ranking algorithms, as well as content understanding. We make data informed decisions and ship quickly to benefit our users. The software team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us. At this time, we are hiring Backend Engineers for the Search team. We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in person time for planning, problem solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our New York City, San Francisco, Seattle or Los Angeles hub. You 4+ years of software engineering experience. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, a related field, or equivalent work experience. Software engineering experience with a track record of applying practical methods to solve real world problems on consumer scale data. Experience in applied statistical and machine learning fields e.g. Search, Recommendations, Fraud & Anomaly Detection, Experimentation and Causal Analysis. Knowledge of at least 3 languages (we primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript, and are open to others). Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution. You are known for shipping products and features lightning fast. You're an excellent problem solver and don't need to be told exactly what to do. Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly. Proven track record of delivering features. Startup experience at a high growth company. Benefits 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 allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. EOE 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.

A growing live shopping platform is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Discovery Feed & Personalization team. The role involves shipping product features, maintaining a scalable feed experience, and leading a team of engineers. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience, a degree in Computer Science, and strong backend system design skills. The position offers a competitive salary of $195,000 - $230,000/year and flexible work arrangements, with a focus on collaboration and innovation.

A leading live shopping platform is seeking a Backend Engineer to enhance their search capabilities. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in statistical and machine learning methods. The position allows flexibility to work from home while also valuing in-person collaboration for planning and problem-solving. This role is pivotal in creating exceptional user experiences on the platform, offering a dynamic work environment.

A leading live shopping platform is offering a position in their Inventory team, where you will design and build large-scale, highly reliable systems. Ideal candidates have experience with Python, Elixir, and JavaScript, and are comfortable working cross-functionally. The role allows flexibility to work from home or from any of the US office hubs, making it suitable for those eager to contribute to a fast-growing marketplace while engaging in impactful projects.

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live 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, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we're building the future of online marketplaces -together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to 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. Role The Inventory team supports sellers with managing their merchandise on Whatnot and representing it as accurately as possible so they can reach more buyers. They strive to do this in the fewest steps possible so sellers can get back to what they do best: selling and engaging with their community. Merchant Tooling, a subteam of Inventory, supports the needs of our largest and most complicated sellers. Whatnot is committed to helping our sellers turn their passion into a business, and as they grow their business with us their needs evolve. We build the systems to be able to support external and internal tooling for sellers with needs at scale, such as integrations to other e-commerce platforms, WMS, ERPs, and accounting software. As part of the Merchant Tooling team, you will design and build large-scale, highly reliable systems that support our largest and most complex customers. Your work will focus on: Delivering seamless, bi-directional data synchronization across marketplace, ecommerce, ERP, and other enterprise systems, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and low-latency data flow. Partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders-including Product, Inventory, Operations, and external partners to understand business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and drive aligned outcomes. Architecting and evolving enterprise-grade systems that remain intuitive for developers, easy to iterate on, and capable of supporting rapid product growth. Contributing to and accelerating the broader Inventory team roadmap, providing technical insight, proactive problem-solving, and hands on implementation support. At its core, this team is responsible for building solutions that power how larger enterprise level sellers interface with our platform. Your contributions will directly shape the foundation that enables these sellers to onboard, operate, and scale successfully. We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in person time for planning, problem solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco or Seattle hub. You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We've found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience. Experience building scalable systems (we primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript). Ability to work across the stack (backend and frontend). Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution. Proven track record of delivering features. You are known for shipping products and features lightning fast. Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and then drive impact. Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams, thriving in a fast paced environment. Scalability and data pipeline experience with SQL, dbt, etc. Experience in Shopify, Channel Advisor, Magento, and other ecommerce SAAS products a plus. Experience in domain driven design a plus. Benefits Generous Holiday and Time off Policy 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 allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. EOE 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.

Software Engineer, Search and Discovery Platform Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, blending community, shopping, and entertainment into one community. We're redefining e commerce with innovation and strong values, with hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland. Base Pay Range $162,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr Role We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to be foundational members in shaping the Discovery Platform. You will play a critical role in defining the technical direction and designing a world class scalable discovery system that powers feed, browse, search, and taxonomy systems while catering to the unique challenges of operating a marketplace for live shopping. We hire for remote or co located teams with hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York. Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of one of these hubs. What You'll Do Build the services and infrastructure to enable advanced recommendation systems solutions for real time, dynamic feeds. Build a scalable, stable, low latency discovery experience. Partner closely across the machine learning, platform, and product engineering teams to utilize models to solve discovery problems. Contribute scalable solutions across various serving stacks at the feed, search, machine learning service, and Discovery application layers. Define and advance our technical approach to scalable recommendation systems. You 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. 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or equivalent. Industry experience building and scaling high volume/throughput platforms. Experience working autonomously and leading initiatives across multiple product areas. Experience in machine learning fields (e.g., recommendations, content understanding, and search). Expert in designing and building scalable and maintainable backend systems. Strong grasp of visualization tools for monitoring and logging (e.g., DataDog, Grafana). Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and managed services such as AWS, Sagemaker, Lambda, Kinesis, S3, EC2, EKS/ECS, Kafka, Flink/Spark, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Lucene, SOLR. Concurrent programming patterns across distributed systems (AsyncIO Python preferred) and associated optimizations, profiling, observability. Infrastructure as code experience (e.g., Terraform) and cloud technology management (AWS or Google Cloud). Proficiency in at least one server side programming language (preferably Python), common algorithms, data structures, and software design principles. Self starter ethic, thriving under high autonomy. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Benefits Generous holiday and time off policy. Health insurance options (medical, dental, vision). Work from home support. Home office setup allowance. Monthly allowance for cellphone and internet. Care benefits: Monthly allowance for wellness Annual allowance towards childcare Lifetime benefit for family planning (adoption or fertility expenses) Retirement: 401(k) offering for traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary); pension plans internationally. Monthly allowance to dog food the app. Parental leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work; company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. EOE Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and 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. Compensation Range: $162K - $260K

A leading live shopping platform in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer for the Buyer Growth team. You'll drive top-of-funnel growth, partner across functions, and design impactful growth initiatives. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software engineering experience and a strong foundation in both backend and frontend development. The role offers competitive compensation, a variety of benefits including flexible time off and health insurance options, and the chance to work in a dynamic environment.

Software Engineer, Buyer Growth Join the future of commerce at Whatnot. Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform and we're re defining e commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment. Base Pay Range $170,000 - $230,000 per year Role Overview The Buyer Growth team drives top of funnel growth and first time buyer success. You will partner with product, data, design, and marketing to build experiences that bring new users into the ecosystem and turn them into loyal customers. Responsibilities Lead and scale critical growth initiatives such as onboarding flows, referral systems, guest browsing, and notification systems. Design and own end to end systems from backend services to frontend experiences that impact millions of users. Work across product, marketing, and data science to identify high leverage growth opportunities and iterate on experiments. Instrument, monitor, and improve funnels to drive measurable lifts in new user conversion and retention. Mentor other engineers and contribute to raising the bar for engineering excellence across the team. Qualifications 5+ years of full time, generalist software engineering experience in high growth tech companies. Strong foundation in backend and frontend development and ability to integrate systems end to end. Excellent product instincts; you first think about users rather than the best technical solution. Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and drive impact. Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams in a fast paced environment. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience. Preferred: Experience building e commerce or social products; expertise in mobile or full stack web frameworks; familiarity with growth engineering strategies, A/B testing, and analytics. Benefits Flexible Time Off Policy and company wide holidays. Health insurance options including medical, dental, vision. Work from home support and home office allowance. Monthly allowance for phone, internet, wellness, and childcare. Retirement benefits: 401k with employer match up to 4% and pension plans internationally. Parental leave: 16 weeks paid plus gradual return to work. Dog fooding budget and expectation to use Whatnot as a buyer and seller. Eligibility Must live within commuting distance of our Seattle, New York City, San Francisco, or Los Angeles hub. EOE Statement Whatnot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. Compensation Range $170K - $230K.

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. As our Senior IT Systems & Operations Engineer, you will: Engage stakeholders throughout the company to understand the needs and priorities to securely implement and maintain corporate applications, while promoting IT best practices cross-functionally. Implement and maintain tools for IT operational efficiencies and automation, with a lens on innovative and modern technology (i.e. AI chatbots). Ensure technological compliance with evolving security standards and policies, while future-proofing automations, computer systems, MDM, office network infrastructure, and remote collaboration tools. Streamline and optimize the configuration and workflows for access management with Workday data, Okta configuration, and downstream applications. Develop requirements, build, and thoroughly test workflows and automations in iPaaS tooling (i.e. Zapier) to automate manual processes for IT and business stakeholders. Create, maintain, and promote standards, procedures, and documentation for IT. Champion IT company-wide by ensuring quality internal customer service for our global company through service desk tickets and access administration. Travel to our offices on a periodic basis to provide onsite AV, networking, and conferencing support. Partner closely with leadership to build and report on team OKRs and roadmaps. Build and maintain vendor relationships and third party services as needed. Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of San Francisco. Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We've found that low ego and a growth mindset, while leaning into action, details, and impact goes a long way here. Join our growing IT Systems & Operations team! You will work cross-functionally with our Security, Finance, and People team, as well as stakeholders across the company to ensure we are providing all employees with an exceptional experience from onboarding to offboarding, enabling them with the appropriate hardware and software to effectively do their job. You should have strong internal customer support skills, excellent problem solving abilities, and a knack for working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, multi-project environment. Our ideal candidate will bring hands-on technical experience with many tools listed below, as well as the curiosity and adaptability to learn new ones. In addition to 6+ years of experience as an IT professional in a high growth and/or tech company and 4+ years of experience configuring complex IT systems, you should have: A proven track record of deploying and maintaining cloud-based corporate applications and automations for access management, security, and collaboration. Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all levels, including executives and external partners, with an ability to influence and lead without authority. Experience leading large-scale IT projects with strategic planning and detailed documentation (decision docs, requirements, test plans, deployments). Solid understanding of onboarding & offboarding business processes, with the ability to translate this into technical hardware and software needs. Proven success in scaling IT processes with automation and emerging technology for high-growth environments. Experience in managing collaboration tools for remote & distributed teams (Google Workspace, Okta, Zoom, Slack, Atlassian Jira, internal AI chatbots, etc.). Hands-on background developing workflow automations in lightweight iPaaS tools. Robust understanding of core IT systems & operations processes: hardware inventory management, internal service desks, MDM, IAM, A/V & video conferencing, and Wi-Fi & VPN. Strong knowledge of MDM best practices and hands-on experience with Apple Macbooks, Kandji, Snipe, Microsoft Windows, Intune, Azure Active Directory, and/or equivalents. Solid understanding of security and privacy principles with experience in Verkada, Nightfall, and Proofpoint preferred. Familiarity with computer networking, especially cloud-based SD-WAN and SDN (Cisco Meraki). Detail-oriented problem solver with strong organizational and documentation skills, able to manage multiple projects and navigate ambiguity with ease. Hands-on approach with excellent communication and a passion for providing direct support. $145,000/year - $155,000/year + 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. Benefits Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision. Work From Home Support Home office setup allowance. Monthly allowance for cellphone and internet. Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally. Parental Leave 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work. Company leave allowances 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. Apply for this job

A leading live shopping platform is seeking a Senior Leader in App Platform Engineering to shape the future of mobile experiences. This role involves leading mobile teams for iOS and Android, driving performance, and ensuring product alignment with company goals. The ideal candidate has over 10 years in software engineering, with extensive mobile team leadership experience. This position offers a competitive salary and the flexibility to work from various hubs including San Francisco and Los Angeles.

This range is provided by Whatnot. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $162,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr ? Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live 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, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we're building the future of online marketplaces -together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to 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. Role Seller Growth is responsible for growing sellers on Whatnot - enabling them to turn their hobbies into businesses. Within Seller Growth, the Platform pod ensures that this growth is sustainable, trustworthy, and scalable. As Our Next Software Engineer On The Seller Growth Platform Pod, You Will Design And Build The Systems That Sit At The Heart Of The New Seller Funnel. Your Work Will Focus On: Protecting the funnel from fraud and abuse: Developing and scaling systems for identity verification (IDV), fraud detection, and automated trust/risk reviews that safeguard buyers while minimizing friction for good sellers. Balancing growth with trust and safety: Ensuring that the thousands of new sellers joining weekly can sell successfully without degrading the buyer experience, while preventing bad actors from gaining distribution or abusing incentives. Building platform intelligence: Powering accurate seller identification (e.g., enrichment data, signals, and predictive LTV models) to route sellers to the right onboarding, incentive, and discovery paths. Creating scalable infrastructure: Partnering with Data Science and Trust teams to design reusable trust and reputation systems, modular fraud prevention frameworks, and experimentation platforms that other pods and teams across Whatnot can leverage. Driving long term seller success: Enabling better bucketing of sellers by value and risk profile, ensuring that high potential sellers are accelerated early, while low quality or fraudulent sellers are contained before they reach scale. This pod works at the intersection of growth, trust, and platform ization. You'll be responsible for deeply technical systems (IDV, fraud signal repositories, seller enrichment pipelines, predictive models) that directly influence GMV, seller retention, and buyer trust. The pace is fast: every week, thousands of sellers apply to sell, and your work ensures that Whatnot can confidently scale this influx without compromising marketplace integrity. Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, or New York City hub. You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We've found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. As our next Backend Engineer you should have 5+ years of software engineering experience, plus: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience. Experience building scalable systems (we primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript). Ability to work across the stack (backend and frontend). Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution. Proven track record of delivering features. You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast. Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and then drive impact. Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams, thriving in a fast paced environment. Knowledge of data and growth systems like notifications. Scalability and data pipeline experience with SQL, dbt, etc. Benefits Generous Holiday and Time off Policy 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 allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. EEO Statement 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. Compensation Range: $162K - $260K