Whatnot
Staff Software Engineer
$230K–$290K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 7, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 8+ years of full-time software engineering experience; includes experience at high-growth technology companies with significant year-over-year user or revenue growth.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership across engineering teams, setting architecture and building scalable systems for Whatnot’s live-commerce marketplace.
What you'll do
- Lead the design and evolution of large distributed systems and set long-term architectural direction.
- Drive major cross-team technical initiatives, aligning partners and making trade-offs that support speed and scalability.
- Raise engineering quality through design reviews, mentorship, hands-on work, and investments in reliability, performance, and developer velocity.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of full-time software engineering experience, including experience at high-growth technology companies with significant year-over-year user or revenue growth.
- Track record leading large technical initiatives and influencing architecture or technical strategy across multiple teams.
- Experience designing and evolving distributed systems at scale.
Pay
$230K - $290K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Python, Elixir, JavaScript
AI focus
The role may be within the AI Developer Tools engineering pillar; specific AI work is not described.
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