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$230,000 /yr - $290,000 /yr 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 Data team at Whatnot creates services that improve our core product experience and unlock business value. As an engineer, you will play a critical role in defining the technical direction and leading the development of the retrieval platform to power next‑gen systems at Whatnot. You will be responsible for driving innovation, ensuring the scalability and performance of our systems, and working with a team of engineers to deliver high‑quality solutions. Working in a highly cross‑functional role, you’ll also make key decisions about how we integrate data systems at Whatnot – and then make it happen. You’ll be positioned to align efforts to optimize other aspects of our company’s architecture, such as machine learning, real‑time analytics, stream processing, and content understanding to name a few. 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, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco hubs. 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. 3+ years of experience, plus: Ability to write well‑tested, API‑driven applications and services that run at scale in production. Track record of building scalable and performant distributed systems. Expertise in managing cloud data stores (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.) for processing and serving data products. Expertise in streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Pulsar, and the ability to design and manage real‑time processing pipelines at scale. Strong experience supporting operational systems to ensure uptime, reliability, and maintainability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management. Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud) and comfort with infrastructure‑as‑code approaches (e.g. Terraform). Proficiency in at least one server‑side programming language (preferably Python), common algorithms and data structures, and software design principles. Self‑starter ethic, thriving under a high level of autonomy. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. 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.
Compensation
For Full‑Time (Salary) US based applicants: $230,000/year to $290,000/year + benefits + equity. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity. 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.
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Software Engineer, Data
role at
Whatnot . Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. 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
$230,000 /yr - $290,000 /yr 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 Data team at Whatnot creates services that improve our core product experience and unlock business value. As an engineer, you will play a critical role in defining the technical direction and leading the development of the retrieval platform to power next‑gen systems at Whatnot. You will be responsible for driving innovation, ensuring the scalability and performance of our systems, and working with a team of engineers to deliver high‑quality solutions. Working in a highly cross‑functional role, you’ll also make key decisions about how we integrate data systems at Whatnot – and then make it happen. You’ll be positioned to align efforts to optimize other aspects of our company’s architecture, such as machine learning, real‑time analytics, stream processing, and content understanding to name a few. 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, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco hubs. 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. 3+ years of experience, plus: Ability to write well‑tested, API‑driven applications and services that run at scale in production. Track record of building scalable and performant distributed systems. Expertise in managing cloud data stores (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.) for processing and serving data products. Expertise in streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Pulsar, and the ability to design and manage real‑time processing pipelines at scale. Strong experience supporting operational systems to ensure uptime, reliability, and maintainability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management. Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud) and comfort with infrastructure‑as‑code approaches (e.g. Terraform). Proficiency in at least one server‑side programming language (preferably Python), common algorithms and data structures, and software design principles. Self‑starter ethic, thriving under a high level of autonomy. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. 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.
Compensation
For Full‑Time (Salary) US based applicants: $230,000/year to $290,000/year + benefits + equity. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity. 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.
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