Whatnot
Software Engineer, Safety Experience
$170K–$230K
New York, NY +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 1, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Builds and operates safety systems that detect and mitigate platform risks while balancing user protection with a smooth experience.
What you'll do
- Design and improve production algorithms, infrastructure, and event-driven systems for real-time risk response.
- Monitor protective systems’ effects on trusted users and adapt defenses to emerging abuse and account-integrity risks.
- Lead cross-team initiatives across the development lifecycle, communicating findings through dashboards, notebooks, and documentation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
- Business intuition and a data-driven mindset.
- Ability to work autonomously, lead initiatives across product areas, and communicate findings to leadership and product teams.
- Comfort with data warehouses and transformation tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Dagster.
Nice to have
- Explicit data science or machine-learning experience.
Pay
$170K - $230K (USD, base salary)
Tools
Snowflake, dbt, Dagster
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