San Francisco, CA Hybrid Full-time USD 190,000 – 230,000 / year

Whatnot is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, CX

Responsibilities

  • Build new user-facing experiences for the Customer Support platform
  • Scale internal infrastructure to handle high volumes of customer issues
  • Design and implement intelligent AI-powered automations to resolve customer issues
  • Lead technical solutions end to end
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical solutions
  • Drive delivery and experimentation of new features and systems
  • Balance development speed, product impact, and technical excellence

Requirements

  • 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience in high growth startups
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Proven track record of building end-to-end product experiences and scaling high-scale backend systems
  • Ownership mindset: own projects holistically from inception to production and beyond
  • Known for shipping high-quality products and platform level initiatives fast
  • Excel at translating user needs to effective technical solutions
  • Thrive in ambiguity and tackle challenging problems with creativity and autonomy
  • Proactively improve the team environment and foster inclusive, supportive team culture

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Python, Elixir, and/or Postgres

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 employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job
  • 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

Additional Information

  • All employees are expected to develop a deep understanding of the product by using the app as both buyers and sellers
  • Parental leave allowances are subject to country-specific requirements which take precedence
Required Skills
PythonElixirPostgreSQL
About company
Whatnot
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe where users can buy, sell, and discover items across hundreds of categories such as trading cards, fashion, electronics, and live plants. The company enables sellers to build real businesses and is pioneering live commerce at scale in the West.
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Department Engineering
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Posted 3 months ago