Remote Staff Software Engineer — Fulfillment Expansion

Whatnot

Seattle (WA)

Hybrid

USD 230,000 - 290,000

Full time

3 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Work From Home support

401k retirement

Parental leave

Dogfooding budget

Job summary

Whatnot is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for Fulfillment Expansion to own and shape system architectures at global scale. You will partner with product, design, and engineering leaders to trade off product and technical decisions and accelerate future development.

We offer flexibility to work from home or from our global office hubs; candidates should reside within commuting distance of Whatnot hubs in NYC, SF, or Seattle and contribute to a fast-paced, impact-oriented culture.

Qualifications

8+ years of full-time software engineering experience in production-scale systems.
Strong communication and track record of leading technical initiatives across teams.
Excellent product instincts focused on user problems over pure tech perfection.
Experience modeling complex domains and building abstractions to accelerate product work.
Ability to own an ambiguous area, define it, and drive impact.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and end users to scale solutions.
Own work end-to-end from ideation to monitoring and experiments.
Design complex systems at the interface of digital and physical worlds for sellers.
Set technical direction for Fulfillment and influence roadmaps with data.
Use AI thoughtfully to improve quality and speed while managing risk.
Raise engineering bar through reviews and mentorship.