QA Engineer, App Platform

Whatnot•Los Angeles, CA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone. And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce. We’re looking for a QA Engineer with a strong software development background who can work both independently and as part of a team. The ideal person for this role is an expert at testing software, owning bugs from discovery to resolution, and communicating with a variety of audiences. You should excel at identifying, documenting, and prioritizing bugs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle hubs.

Requirements

3-5 years of full-time QA experience in software development environments (ideally high-growth startups)
Excellent product instincts – you pick up new products with ease and can think like (and advocate for) end-users
Excellent writing and communication skills – you can explain complex ideas to non-technical people (and vice versa) across a variety of audiences
Excellent problem-solving abilities – you’re resourceful and can figure things out without a lot of direction
You jump at the opportunity to get involved, take ownership, and drive projects from inception to execution
You’re comfortable moving quickly, adapting to changing priorities, and wearing multiple hats
You can multitask while effectively prioritizing for maximum impact

Responsibilities

Testing software
Owning bugs from discovery to resolution
Identifying, documenting, and prioritizing bugs
Collaborating with cross-functional teams

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 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.