Whatnot seeks a Software Engineer to join our Trust and Risk, Fraud, and Integrity teams. You'll be responsible for building systems to set clear expectations, encourage good behavior, and address issues efficiently, ensuring Whatnot remains a safe and trustworthy marketplace.

What You'll Do

Design and develop systems to protect the platform by building and iterating on production algorithms and infrastructures that mitigate systemic risks.
Balance risk and user experience by proactively monitoring the impact of protective systems on trusted users.
Respond in real time to threats by architecting event-driven pipelines and detection frameworks.
Contribute across the full development lifecycle: ideation, scoping, prototyping, load testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Drive cross-team initiatives across multiple product surfaces and operational teams.
Continuously evolve defenses by staying ahead of emerging abuse patterns, abuse vectors, and account integrity risks.

What We're Looking For

7+ years of total software engineering experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
4+ years of software engineering experience building for consumer-scale loads.
1+ years of experience writing production code in Python.
Business intuition & a data-driven mindset.
Obsession with impact and a track record of deploying simple solutions.
Relentlessness & entrepreneurship with the ability to prioritize ruthlessly.
Ability to work autonomously and lead initiatives across multiple product areas.
Comfortability with data warehouses and transformation tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Dagster.
Professionalism around collaborating in a remote working environment and well tested reproducible work.
Above average documentation and communication skills.
Must be within commuting distance of Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Seattle hubs.

Nice to Have

1+ years of experience in Trust and Risk or Integrity or Fraud domains.
Explicit data science or machine-learning experience.

Technical Stack

Python
Snowflake
dbt
Dagster

Team & Environment

Part of the Trust and Risk, Fraud, and Integrity teams.

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation range: $180,000/year to $260,000/year + equity.
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
Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work

Work Mode

This role operates in a local-city mode. Candidates must be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Seattle hubs.

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law.