Whatnot · 5 hours ago
Software Engineer, Data
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$230K/yr - $290K/yr
3+ years expWhatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, redefining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment. The Software Engineer of Data will create services to improve core product experience and unlock business value, while ensuring system scalability and performance.
CollectiblesE-CommerceInformation TechnologyMarketplaceTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Play a critical role in defining the technical direction and leading the development of the retrieval platform
Drive innovation, ensuring the scalability and performance of our systems
Work with a team of engineers to deliver high-quality solutions
Make key decisions about how we integrate data systems at Whatnot
Align efforts to optimize other aspects of our company’s architecture, such as machine learning, real-time analytics, stream processing, and content understanding
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience
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
Preferred
Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (preferably Python)
Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud)
Comfort with infrastructure-as-code approaches (e.g. Terraform)
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
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work
Company
Whatnot
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform for buying and selling products.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$974.7MKey Investors
CapitalGY Combinator Continuity FundAndreessen Horowitz
2025-10-28Series F· $225M
2025-01-08Series E· $265M
2022-07-21Series D· $260M
Leadership Team
Jeff Chang
Director of Engineering, Head of Growth
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