Software Engineer, 2025 New Grad

San Francisco, CA - Los Angeles, CA - New York, NY Apply ?? Whatnot Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today. We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone. And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the fastest growing marketplaces and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. ?? Role We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us post grad in 2025. 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 engineering team operates with a high level of autonomy so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us. Some job duties include: • 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, or San Francisco hubs. ?? You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. As our next Engineer you should have some industry software engineering experience, plus: • Graduating with a CS or Software Engineering degree in Dec 2024 or by Summer 2025 • 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. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution • You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast • Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly • Open to relocation to SF, LA, or NYC ??Compensation US-based applicants: $130,000/year - $140,000/year + benefits + equity. The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity. ?? Benefits • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break) • 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 on food • 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 leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. ?? 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. 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. Apply Job!