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Engineer (Post-Grad 2026)
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Engineer (Post-Grad 2026) | Whatnot
The Tone:
This is an early career Engineering role at Whatnot, primarily hybrid and located within commuting distance of San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle hubs. Whatnot operates the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling individuals to buy, sell, and discover items across hundreds of categories. As an engineer, you will contribute to building live commerce at an unprecedented scale, shaping an entirely new industry without a pre-existing playbook. The role emphasizes intellectual curiosity, high motivation, and the ability to make sound product decisions while rapidly delivering high-quality products.
The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA)
• Pay: $140000–$150000 yearly
• Mission: Own projects from start to finish by making sound product decisions and rapidly shipping high-quality products for a high-trust marketplace.
What You’ll Actually Do
• Build: Create and ship new features specifically for users within our livestream environment.
• Scale: Implement growth tactics and strategies to effectively expand both buyer and seller flows.
• Develop: Design, implement, and operate critical, scalable services that foster a high-trust marketplace experience.
• Decide: Carefully evaluate technical tradeoffs for every decision to ensure optimal solutions.
• Support: Provide comprehensive support for features across all phases, from initial design through implementation and successful launch.
The Must-Haves
• Background: Graduating with a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree in December 2025 or by Summer 2026, qualifying this as an early career role.
• Experience: Possessing some prior industry software engineering experience.
• Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent product instincts with a user-first mindset, and the capability to build scalable systems.
• Bonus: A proven track record of rapidly shipping products, ability to pick up new technologies quickly, willingness to take calculated risks for large-scale user impact, and openness to relocation to San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle.
