Whatnot
Software Engineer, Logistics Platform
$190K–$230K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Mar 30, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- No years specified; senior-scope experience is requested.
About the job
Builds and owns shared logistics platform systems, data, APIs, and tools that improve shipping reliability and support logistics workflows across Whatnot.
What you'll do
- Build and improve source-of-truth systems, APIs, and internal platform interfaces for logistics workflows and decisions.
- Own platform work in logistics data quality, shipment state normalization, observability, and operational debugging.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve logistics data and build monitoring and debugging tools.
What they ask for
- Experience building and owning production backend or platform systems at senior scope.
- Strong product judgment and ability to connect technical work to user impact, business outcomes, and trade-offs.
- Experience with complex marketplace, coordination, delivery, fulfillment, trust, or post-purchase systems.
- Strong instincts around data quality, source-of-truth systems, observability, and operational debugging.
Nice to have
- Experience in adjacent areas such as rideshare coordination, food delivery, marketplace fulfillment, trust/risk operations, or order tracking.
- Experience with a marketplace or two-sided platform; direct logistics, shipping, or fulfillment experience.
Pay
$190K - $230K (currency and whether base salary or total pay not specified)
AI focus
Use AI in day-to-day engineering to improve quality, learning speed, debugging, and execution, while verifying results and applying independent judgment.
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