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Job Description
Whatnot is seeking a Software Engineer for their Trust & Safety team. This role focuses on building systems and features to ensure a positive and safe user experience on the Whatnot platform. The ideal candidate will make sound product decisions, navigate new domains, take ownership, and ship high-quality products quickly.
What the role involves:
- Building systems and products for user moderation.
- Assisting the internal team in addressing and mitigating issues.
- Solving complex systems problems to monitor and detect bad behavior.
- Building scalable solutions for future growth.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of multiple programming languages (Python, Elixir, JavaScript preferred).
- Excellent product instincts focused on user needs.
- Experience building systems that scale at a high-growth company.
- Ability to mentor others and build inclusive teams.
- Strong ownership instincts and project leadership skills.
- Proven track record of delivering features quickly without sacrificing quality.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Comfort working across the stack (backend and frontend).
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
What the role 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
Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of Whatnot's San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Seattle, WA hubs.
