About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. Weāre 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, and Germany today. Weāre 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.
Job Summary
Role
šWe are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a 12-16 week remote internship during Fall 2025. Our interns work in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams enabling you to directly impact the direction of our platform. Your code and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and define future engineering initiatives. While relocation is not required for this role, as a Whatnot intern you have access to our offices in SF, LA, and NYC. šSome sample projects you might work on are: šBuilding new features for users in our live-streams šImplementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows šBuilding systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience šBy the end of your internship, you will have contributed to one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever while gaining core industry skills of project ideation, management and collaboration.
You
šCurious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weāve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here. As our next Engineering Intern you should have some industry software engineering experience, plus šPursuing a degree in computer science or other related major graduating in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026 šProblem solver and out-of-the-box thinker šWilling to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users šAbility to pick up on new technologies quickly
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