Whatnot
Engineering Manager, Backend Platforms
$280K–$330K
Los Angeles, CA +2 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 10+ years in platform or infrastructure engineering and 7+ years managing engineering teams.
About the job
Leads the Backend Platforms organization, setting strategy and managing teams responsible for Whatnot’s backend, realtime services, storage, and databases.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow senior engineers and, as the organization scales, engineering managers; hire, develop leaders, and shape the team.
- Set platform strategy and roadmap, guide technical direction, and oversee backend cores, realtime services, and storage and database systems.
- Improve reliability, performance, and developer productivity while partnering across engineering on architecture and operational standards.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of industry experience in platform or infrastructure engineering.
- 7+ years managing engineering teams.
- Experience building and operating backend platforms or runtime services used by other engineering teams.
- Strong technical grounding in backend systems at scale, including high-traffic realtime or event-driven platforms.
Nice to have
- Experience managing managers or leading multiple teams.
- Direct experience with Python, Elixir, or Go.
Pay
$280K - $330K (currency not stated; pay type not stated)
Tools
Python, Elixir, Go
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