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
šTrust & Safety is an engineering team at Whatnot that is dedicated to building systems and features which ensure our users have positive, safe experiences on Whatnot - we believe everyone is entitled to thrive on our platform. šEngineers on Trust & Safety build systems and products that allow our users to better moderate their shows, help our internal team action and mitigate issues, solve complex systems problems to monitor and detect bad behavior from reams of data, and build solutions that scale to our next 20x of growth. šThe most important qualities you'll need are making sound product decisions, navigating new domains seamlessly, taking extreme ownership, and shipping high-quality products fast. We always prioritize the highest impact features and ship them quickly. šThe software team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us. Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, or New York City hub.
You
šCurious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weāve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. šAs our next iOS engineer on Trust & Safety, you should have 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience in high growth startups, plus: šBachelorās degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience. šiOS expertise in creating fluid, responsive user interfaces. Strong knowledge of Swift and adept at writing declarative code. šProduct Instinct: Excel at translating user needs to effective technical solutions. šProblem Solving: Thrive in ambiguity and tackle challenging problems with creativity and autonomy. šTeam Leadership: Proactively improve the team environment and foster inclusive, supportive team culture. šOwnership Mindset: Own projects holistically from inception to production and beyond. You are known for shipping high-quality products and features lightning-fast.
