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Whatnot
Software Engineer, Information Retrieval
atĀ Whatnot
3 months ago | 196 views | 1 applications

Software Engineer, Information Retrieval

Full-time
San Francisco
Per year
$185,000 To $240,000

About the company

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. Weā€™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. Weā€™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

You

šŸ“Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weā€™ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and bias into action goes a long way here. šŸ“As our next member of the team, you should have 5+ years of experience, plus: šŸ“Focused expertise in information retrieval technologies such as search and vector databases and the ingest and serving pipelines to scale them šŸ“Operational knowledge of scaling indices and nearest neighbor algorithms šŸ“Successfully set the technical vision and direction of an end to end retrieval system šŸ“Deep understanding of ElasticSearch/OpenSearch/SOLR including its internals such as Apache Lucene and its custom domain specific language and query engines šŸ“Track record of building scalable and performant distributed systems

In addition to these role-specific qualifications, all engineering team members are expected to have:

šŸ“Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud) and comfort with infrastructure-as-code approaches (e.g. Terraform). šŸ“Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (preferably Python), common algorithms and data structures, and software design principles. šŸ“Self-starter ethic, thriving under a high level of autonomy. šŸ“Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

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