Software Engineer, Data Platform

Whatnot is seeking a Software Engineer, Data Platform to join their Data team. This role involves defining the technical direction and leading the development of the retrieval platform to power next-gen systems. The engineer will drive innovation, ensure system scalability and performance, and collaborate with a team to deliver high-quality solutions. This position requires being within commuting distance of Whatnot's Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York hubs.

Role Involves:

• Defining technical direction for the retrieval platform.
• Leading the development of next-gen systems.
• Driving innovation and ensuring scalability.
• Collaborating with a team to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Integrating data systems at Whatnot.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience.
• Ability to write well-tested, API-driven applications and services that run at scale in production.
• Track record of building scalable and performant distributed systems.
• Expertise in managing cloud data stores (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.).
• Expertise in streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Pulsar.
• Strong experience supporting operational systems.
• Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (preferably Python).
• Self-starter ethic and exceptional communication skills.

What Whatnot Offers:

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
• 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