New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA Hybrid Employment

Whatnot is hiring a Software Engineer, Messaging Platform

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain scalable backend services and foundational components that support push notifications, email, SMS, and in-app messaging.
  • Architect systems for audience segmentation, campaign timing, content coordination, message delivery pipelines, and user preference management.
  • Enhance system reliability, speed, and monitoring capabilities for large-scale, mission-critical messaging infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with product, design, data science, and engineering teams to deliver effective messaging experiences that balance engagement with user trust and platform integrity.
  • Design intuitive APIs, abstractions, and operational frameworks enabling internal teams to deploy messaging features securely and efficiently.
  • Support the development of experimentation, tracking, and analytics systems to measure the effectiveness of messaging initiatives.
  • Promote high engineering standards through sound technical decisions, thorough code reviews, and reliable operational practices.
  • Participate in shared responsibility for production system health, incident resolution, and ongoing improvements to platform stability.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive holiday and paid time off policy
  • Health coverage options including medical, dental, and vision
  • Remote work support program
  • Stipend for home office setup
  • Monthly reimbursement for mobile and internet expenses
  • Access to care-related benefits
  • Monthly wellness allowance
  • Annual financial support for childcare
  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, including fertility and adoption costs
  • Retirement benefits: 401k with employer match up to 4% of base salary in the US; pension plans offered internationally
  • Monthly stipend to use the platform directly
  • Expectation for all employees to engage deeply with the product as both buyers and sellers, supported by a dedicated budget
  • Paid parental leave: 16 weeks plus a one-month phased return to work
  • Company leave policies align with and do not override local legal requirements, which take precedence

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • Employees in this role must reside within commuting distance of New York, San Francisco, or Seattle.
  • All staff are required to use the platform regularly as both buyers and sellers to foster product understanding.
About company
Whatnot
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe where users can buy, sell, and discover items across hundreds of categories such as trading cards, fashion, electronics, and live plants. The company enables sellers to build real businesses and is pioneering live commerce at scale in the West.
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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category backend
Posted 25 days ago