Software Engineer - Infrastructure

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz Y Combinator and CapitalG. We’re building the future of ecommerce bringing together community shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values and as a remote-first team we operate out of hubs within the US Canada UK Ireland and Germany today.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports fashion video games and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.

And we’re growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

💻 Role

• Ensuring availability performance security and scalability of production systems.

• Work with the engineering team to get services deployed across different environments.

• Scale for capacity and traffic spikes of 20x normal load during high-volume events.

• Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.

• Maintain an efficient CI/CD pipeline to help developers ship the software faster and safer in a structured environment.

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

👋 You

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.

As our next Infrastructure Software Engineer you should have 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience building scalable systems that can handle millions of users plus:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science a related field or equivalent work experience.

• Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup. You’re a self-starter who can hit the ground running with little direction.

• Prior experience in a public cloud environment (AWS GCP) using Kubernetes Docker and/or Terraform.

• Expert knowledge of various CI/CD workflows.

• Exceptional coding skills and the ability to ship new products lightning fast. We primarily use Python Elixir JavaScript but previous knowledge of each is not required.

• Excellent communication and writing skills.

💰Compensation

For US-based applicants: $185000 - $245000/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 (more details below) or equity.

🎁 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

  • $1000 home office setup allowance

  • $150 monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

• Care benefits

  • $450 monthly allowance on food

  • $500 monthly allowance for wellness

  • $5000 annual allowance towards Childcare

  • $20000 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

• Parental Leave

  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

💛 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.