Software Engineer, New Grad
About The Position
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. 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 remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the on the work that drives the most impact. We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. 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.
Requirements
- Graduated with a CS or Software Engineering degree by Summer 2026
- 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 New York City
Nice To Haves
- Some industry software engineering experience
Responsibilities
- 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.
Benefits
- 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
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
