About the Position

Fullstack Engineer, App Platform

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a Fullstack Engineer on App Platform, you'll focus on the infrastructure and building blocks that feature teams rely on: scaling our Web backend services, strengthening our networking and persistence layers, improving our client testing harnesses, driving app stability and crash reduction, and partnering closely with product teams to make sure the "right way" to build is also the easiest way.

Location

San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA

Employment Type

Full time

Compensation

$207K – $230K • Offers Equity

Responsibilities

Focus on the infrastructure and building blocks for iOS, Android, and Web.
Scale Web backend services.
Strengthen networking and persistence layers.
Improve client testing harnesses.
Drive app stability and crash reduction.
Partner with product teams to ensure the best development practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Web development experience with React, using GraphQL for API development, and modern frontend applications.
Backend expertise: Proven track record of building end-to-end high-scale product experiences as a fullstack engineer. Experience with Node or Python on backend, and/or Postgres databases is a plus.
Excellent product instincts-you first think about users rather than the best technical solution.
Care deeply about the craft of software engineering, maintaining systems at scale, and how to balance the productivity and velocity of teams while maintaining a high quality end-user experience.
Ability to mentor others and prioritize building inclusive, supportive teams.
Contribute to team-wide ownership of production health, incident response, and continuous improvement of platform reliability.
Strong ownership instincts and ability to own projects from inception to production and beyond.
Excellent problem solver and can operate autonomously.
Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly.
Proven track record of delivering features.

We Offer

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.

About the Company

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.

Please note: Whatnot will only contact you through official @whatnot.com email addresses. If you see an email impersonating a Whatnot recruiter, please disregard and report it as spam.

Fullstack Engineer, App Platform

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