Whatnot · 2 months ago
Software Engineer, Buyer Growth
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $230K/yr
5+ years expWhatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, redefining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment. The Buyer Growth team is responsible for driving top-of-funnel growth and first-time buyer success, focusing on acquisition, activation, and early retention through various initiatives and partnerships.
CollectiblesE-CommerceInformation TechnologyMarketplaceTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Lead and scale critical growth initiatives such as onboarding flows, referral systems, guest browsing, notification systems
Design and own end-to-end systems, from backend services to frontend experiences, that impact millions of users. Drive architectural decisions to ensure systems are reliable, scalable, and extensible as we scale rapidly
Work across product, marketing, and data science to identify high-leverage growth opportunities and rapidly iterate on experiments
Instrument, monitor, and improve funnels to drive measurable lifts in new user conversion and retention
Mentor other engineers and contribute to raising the bar for engineering excellence across the team
Qualification
Required
5+ years of full-time, generalist software engineering experience in high growth tech companies, and a track record of delivering impactful, user-facing products autonomously
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
A strong foundation in backend and frontend development. You're comfortable moving between layers and integrating systems end-to-end
Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution
Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and then drive impact
Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams, thriving in a fast-paced environment
Preferred
Experience building E-commerce or Social products
Expertise in mobile and/or full stack web development frameworks
Familiarity with growth engineering strategies, A/B testing, and analytics
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
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.
Company
Whatnot
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform for buying and selling products.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Whatnot has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (34)
2024 (20)
2023 (18)
2022 (10)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$974.7MKey Investors
CapitalGY Combinator Continuity FundAndreessen Horowitz
2025-10-28Series F· $225M
2025-01-08Series E· $265M
2022-07-21Series D· $260M
Leadership Team
Jeff Chang
Director of Engineering, Head of Growth
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