Whatnot
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Software Engineer, 2026 New Grad
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Whatnot .
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, 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, building the future of online marketplaces with hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland.
Compensation Base pay range: $140,000 / yr – $150,000 / yr.
Role We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us as a post‑grad in 2026. The most important skills are making sound product decisions and shipping high‑quality products fast. We look for engineers with great product instincts who can own whole projects from start to finish.
Job Duties
Building new features for users in our live‑streams
Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows
Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience
Writing product or system development code
Designing, implementing, and operating our most critical and scalable services
Carefully evaluating the technical tradeoffs of every decision
Supporting features at every phase, from design through implementation and launch
Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues, network, or service operations and quality
Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle hubs.
Qualifications
Graduating with a CS or Software Engineering degree in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026
Problem solver and out‑of‑the‑box thinker
Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users
Capable of building scalable systems
Excellent product instincts, thinking about users before the best technical solution
Known for shipping products and features lightning‑fast
Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly
Open to relocation to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle
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; 401(k) 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer 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 culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
Employment Details Seniority level: Internship. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Engineering and Information Technology. Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.
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Software Engineer, 2026 New Grad
role at
Whatnot .
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, 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, building the future of online marketplaces with hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland.
Compensation Base pay range: $140,000 / yr – $150,000 / yr.
Role We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us as a post‑grad in 2026. The most important skills are making sound product decisions and shipping high‑quality products fast. We look for engineers with great product instincts who can own whole projects from start to finish.
Job Duties
Building new features for users in our live‑streams
Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows
Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience
Writing product or system development code
Designing, implementing, and operating our most critical and scalable services
Carefully evaluating the technical tradeoffs of every decision
Supporting features at every phase, from design through implementation and launch
Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues, network, or service operations and quality
Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle hubs.
Qualifications
Graduating with a CS or Software Engineering degree in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026
Problem solver and out‑of‑the‑box thinker
Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users
Capable of building scalable systems
Excellent product instincts, thinking about users before the best technical solution
Known for shipping products and features lightning‑fast
Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly
Open to relocation to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle
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; 401(k) 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer 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 culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
Employment Details Seniority level: Internship. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Engineering and Information Technology. Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.
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