Product Designer, Trust & Risk

Whatnot; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Work from home support

401k with employer match

Parental leave

Dogfood allowance

Retirement plans

Time off policy

Job summary

Whatnot is hiring a Product Designer for the Trust & Risk team to design scalable systems that protect buyers and sellers and strengthen trust across the marketplace.

You will partner with product designers, PMs, engineers, operations, data scientists, and policy experts to balance safety, speed, and user trust while shaping interventions during live shows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Product Design with a strong portfolio of shipped work.
• Strong interaction and systems thinking—you can untangle complex flows and design for edge cases.
• Expertise in design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Protopie, Framer, etc.).
• Deep understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end experiences that protect marketplace integrity while minimizing friction for legitimate users.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex policies, workflows, and risk signals into intuitive product experiences.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and polished visuals that bring clarity to ambiguous Trust & Risk problems.
• Design experiences that make enforcement decisions feel clear, fair, human, and actionable.
• Support internal teams who review reports, moderate content, investigate fraud, and resolve user issues through efficient, usable tooling.
• Contribute to the broader design system while advocating for accessibility and inclusive user experiences.
• Use data, research, and feedback to improve existing tools and identify new opportunities to reduce harm and build user trust.

Skills

5+ years experience

Systems thinking

UX design principles

Communication & collaboration

Zero-to-one product design

Ecommerce/domain knowledge

Tools

Figma

Protopie

Framer

Job description

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it’s trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We’re building live commerce at a scale that’s never been done in the West, and there’s no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We’re one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our Trust & Risk team—someone who is passionate about creating thoughtful, scalable systems that protect buyers and sellers and strengthen trust across our marketplace. In this role, you’ll design tools, workflows, and user experiences that help detect policy violations, reduce fraud and abuse, enforce platform decisions with precision and fairness, and support users through education, actioning, and appeals.

You’ll partner closely with product designers, product managers, engineers, operations, data scientists, and policy experts to build solutions that balance safety, speed, and user trust. This could include designing appeals flows, account standing and compliance experiences, internal review and enforcement tools, and real-time interventions during live shows. You’ll partner closely with product designers, product managers, engineers, operations, data scientists, and policy experts to build solutions that balance safety, speed, and user trust. This could include designing appeals flows, account standing and compliance experiences, internal review and enforcement tools, and real-time interventions during live shows.What you’ll do

• Design end-to-end experiences that protect marketplace integrity while minimizing friction for legitimate users

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex policies, workflows, and risk signals into intuitive product experiences

• Create wireframes, prototypes, and polished visuals that bring clarity to ambiguous Trust & Risk problems

• Design experiences that make enforcement decisions feel clear, fair, human, and actionable

• Support internal teams who review reports, moderate content, investigate fraud, and resolve user issues through efficient, usable tooling

• Contribute to the broader design system while advocating for accessibility and inclusive user experiences

• Use data, research, and feedback to improve existing tools and identify new opportunities to reduce harm and build user trust

You’ll report to a Design leader and will have the option to either work from one of our office hubs (LA, SF, NYC, or Seattle) or remote (U.S. only).

You

People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they’re building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.

• 5+ years of experience in Product Design with a strong portfolio of shipped work.

• Strong interaction and systems thinking—you can untangle complex flows and design for edge cases

• Expertise in design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Protopie, Framer, etc.).

• Deep understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Proven experience designing zero-to-one products or new platforms, demonstrating your ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and define new product spaces.

• Experience in e-commerce, marketplace platforms, or supply chain management is a plus.

Benefits

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

• Work From Home Support

• Care benefits

• 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

EOE

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. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.