Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety

HaylieRead Interior Design; Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco (WA, CA, NY, CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of live auction technology, where you will play a crucial role in developing systems that enhance user experiences and ensure safety on a rapidly growing platform. This position is ideal for innovative software engineers who thrive in dynamic environments and are eager to tackle complex challenges. With a focus on high-impact features, you'll have the opportunity to make significant contributions while enjoying a flexible work environment and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're ready to make a difference in the world of ecommerce, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Time off Policy

Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Home Office Setup Allowance

Monthly Cell Phone and Internet Allowance

Childcare Allowance

401k with Employer Match

Paid Parental Leave

Monthly Allowance for App Usage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in Trust & Safety.
• Proven track record of delivering scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Build systems and products for user moderation and issue mitigation.
• Ship high-quality products quickly with minimal guidance.

Skills

Software Engineering

Problem Solving

Product Decision Making

Full Stack Development

Scalable Systems Design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping, and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the fastest growing marketplaces and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

Trust & Safety is an engineering team at Whatnot that is dedicated to building systems and features which ensure our users have positive, safe experiences on Whatnot - we believe everyone is entitled to thrive on our platform.

• As a software engineer on the Trust & Safety team, you can expect to build systems and products that allow our users to better moderate their shows, help our internal team action and mitigate issues, solve complex systems problems to monitor & detect bad behavior from reams of data, and build solutions that scale to our next 20x of growth.
• The most important qualities you'll need are making sound product decisions, navigating new domains seamlessly, taking extreme ownership, and shipping high-quality products fast. We always prioritize the highest impact features and ship them quickly.
• The software team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Seattle, WA hubs.

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally some experience in a Trust & Safety domain.
• Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.
• You’ve built systems that scale at a high growth company before, and can do it again with minimal guidance.
• Ship products and features lightning-fast without sacrificing quality.
• Excellent problem solver and don’t need to be told exactly what to do.
• Comfortable working across the stack (backend and frontend).
• Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly.
• Proven track record of delivering features.

For US-based applicants: $185,000/year to $245,000/year + benefits + equity

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits.

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 on both food and 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
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work

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.

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