About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re 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. We’re 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
đź“ŤYou will work in cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, allowing you to directly shape the security and integrity of our user account systems. Your goal will be to minimize risk and potential abuse by ensuring robust authentication, authorization, and access controls across our environment. You will empower other teams to move fast without compromising user trust by delivering secure-by-default infrastructure, scalable permissioning systems, and reliable storage for sensitive user data. đź“ŤYour designs, code, and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and help define future engineering initiatives.
Some sample projects you might work on are:
đź“ŤAuthentication đź“ŤAuthorization đź“ŤPermissions đź“ŤAccess control systems across the environment đź“ŤBuilding a secure storage for PII user data
You
📍Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here. 📍As our next Software Engineer, you should have 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, building scalable systems that can handle millions of users, plus: 📍Experience with large distributed systems handling substantial traffic 📍Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup. You’re a self-starter who can hit the ground running with little direction. 📍Self-driven with result-oriented mindset 📍Excellent communication and writing skills. 📍Exceptional coding skills and the ability to ship new products lightning-fast. We primarily use Python, Elixir, JavaScript, but previous knowledge of each is not required.
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