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
📍As part of the Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for building and scaling Whatnot’s best-in-class live streaming and marketplace service for all users. You will build the foundations for Whatnot’s future across reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. 📍Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of production systems. 📍Work with the engineering team to get services deployed across different environments. 📍Scale for capacity and traffic spikes of 20x normal load during high-volume events. 📍Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements. 📍Maintain an efficient CI/CD pipeline to help developers ship the software faster and safer in a structured environment.
You
📍Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. 📍As our next Infrastructure Software Engineer, you should have 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, building scalable systems that can handle millions of users, plus: 📍Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience. 📍Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup. You’re a self-starter who can hit the ground running with little direction. 📍Prior experience in a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP) using Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Terraform. 📍Expert knowledge of various CI/CD workflows. 📍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. 📍Excellent communication and writing skills.