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About the Role

As a software engineer on the Ads team, you will build ads products by working across the full ads stack including bidding & targeting, ranking/auction, serving, campaign management, and seller tooling. You will build highly scalable ads systems that handle all aspects of running an online advertising system and help sellers differentiate themselves on Whatnot. You will dig deep into data, logging, and system behavior to reason about performance, correctness, and impact. You will understand our buyer and seller experiences and become an expert in helping them effectively scale their business through ads products.

Responsibilities

Build ads products by working across the full ads stack including bidding & targeting, ranking/auction, serving, campaign management, and seller tooling.
Build highly scalable ads systems that handle all aspects of running an online advertising system and help sellers differentiate themselves on Whatnot.
Dig deep into data, logging, and system behavior to reason about performance, correctness, and impact — not just ship features, but understand why they work.
Understand our buyer and seller experiences and become an expert in helping them effectively scale their business through ads products.

Requirements

Making sound product decisions
Navigating new domains seamlessly
Taking extreme ownership
Shipping high-quality products fast
Prioritize the highest-impact features and ship them quickly
Individual responsibility and freedoms
Put customers first
Make good trade-offs
Deliver impact
Own problems end to end
Grow into new areas as the team scales
Use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller

Skills

Backend systems
Data
Client
Seller-facing surfaces

Location

Remote

Work Type

Remote
Full-time

Experience Level

Full-stack

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 for 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

About the Company

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.