Staff Software Engineer, Multiple Teams

Company: Whatnot

Location: Los Angeles

Closing Date: 08/11/2024

Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum

Hours: Full Time

Type: Permanent

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(Full Time) Staff Software Engineer, Multiple Teams at Whatnot (United States)

Staff Software Engineer, Multiple Teams

Whatnot United States

Date Posted: 14 Apr, 2023

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Salary Offered: Not Specified

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 6+ years

Remote Work: Yes

Stock Options: No

Vacancies: 1 available

Whatnot

Whatnot (YC W20) is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re one of YC’s top companies and one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever. We’re laser focused on creating an exceptional software company, team, and place to work.

Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. We’re building the future of ecommerce; an interactive community where creators can make a living off their passion.

Opportunity Size

The e-commerce experience has been static for 20+ years and is one of the largest opportunities for disruption in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is a $300B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!

Role

We're looking for experienced engineers. The most important skills you’ll need to have 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.

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.

You

As our next Staff Engineer you should have 6+ years of software engineering experience, plus:

You're capable of building scalable systems (we primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript).
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.
Comfortable working across the stack (backend and frontend).
Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly.
Proven track record of delivering features.
Startup experience at a high-growth company is a plus.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and stock options
Unlimited Vacation Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short term disability & Long term Disability
Whatnot covers 99% of employee premium costs, and 75% of dependent care premiums for Medical
Dental and Vision sponsored 100% by Whatnot for employees and dependents
Work From Home Support
Laptop provided by Whatnot and home office setup allowance
$450 work-from-anywhere quarterly allowance for cell phone, internet, or co-working space
Care benefits
$1,350 quarterly allowance on food
$1,500 quarterly allowance for wellness
16 weeks Paid Parental Leave and gradual return to work
$20,000 for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts provided by Betterment
Employer matching contributions of 100% of up to 4% of contributions on base salary

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.