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About the Role

Senior Staff Engineers at Whatnot operate at cross-org scope, influencing and creating foundational systems and patterns. This role is for individuals with exceptional caliber, where their placement will depend on their unique contributions and interests.

Responsibilities

Drive cross-org technical impact by creating new capabilities, measured by company-level metrics and system durability.
Establish technical direction across organizational boundaries through strategy documents, RFCs, and architecture reviews.
Identify systemic risks and opportunities to proactively position multiple organizations for success.
Build engineering patterns and frameworks that become standard defaults, measured by adoption and enablement of faster development.
Steward the health of multiple systems, balancing short-term needs with long-term architectural integrity.
Shape engineering culture and mentor individuals through various initiatives and programs.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience.
Track record of cross-org technical leadership at consumer scale.
Deep mastery in one or more technical domains, serving as a go-to expert.
Proven track record of cross-org impact influencing multiple teams.
Strong technical judgment, including challenging designs and making principled trade-offs.
Experience building systems and patterns that outlast individual ownership.
Experience delivering on complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives.
Collaborative, low-ego approach with a focus on giving credit and resolving conflicts.
Experience at consumer scale, high-traffic, high-reliability systems.
Experience identifying duplication and building shared solutions.
Experience writing RFCs or strategy documents that influenced organizational thinking.
Willingness to step outside of one's domain to unblock critical initiatives.
Experience as a buyer or seller on the Whatnot platform.
Experience mentoring engineers to operate at a higher level.

Skills

Software Engineering
Technical Leadership
System Design
Architecture
Mentorship
Cross-functional Collaboration
Problem Solving

Location

Remote
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Los Angeles

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Staff
10+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

About the Company

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling users to buy, sell, and discover items across hundreds of categories.
The company is building live commerce at an unprecedented scale in the West, shaping a new industry.
Whatnot operates as a remote co-located team with hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia.
The company moves fast, stays close to users, and focuses on high-impact work.
Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing marketplaces and was named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes.
The company's mission is to 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 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 diverse skills and experiences improve our work and company culture.