Software Engineer, Growth

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

WhatnotWhatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We're building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping, and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.We're innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone.And, we're growing. Whatnot has been one of the fastest growing marketplaces and we're hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.Opportunity SizeThe ecommerce experience has been static for 20+ years and is perhaps the largest opportunity in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is a $170B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!

• The Seller Growth Engineering team is responsible for growing sellers on Whatnot - enabling them to turn their hobbies into businesses. As a senior software engineer on the Seller Growth team, you'll focus on defining different seller cuts and measuring the seller lifecycle, making sellers successful throughout their lifecycle, seller onboarding, seller marketing and growth capabilities and tooling, and resurrecting churned sellers.About YouCurious 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, but here are a few criteria we're looking for in this role:As our next Senior Software Engineer you should have 5+ years of full-time, generalist software engineering experience in high growth startups, plus:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Ability to work across the stack (backend and frontend).
  • Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.
  • Proven track record of delivering features. You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast.
  • Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and then drive impact
  • Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams, thriving in a fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of Data and Growth Systems like Notifications
  • Scalability and Data pipeline experience with SQL, dbt, etc.For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $185,000 - $225,000/year + benefits + equityThe salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits or equity.
    • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
    • Work From Home Support
      • Home office setup allowance
      • Monthly allowance for cellphone and internet
      • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
      • Parental Leave
        • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to workWhatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
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