About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. Weāre building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote-first team, we operate out of hubs within the US, Canada, UK, and Germany today. Weāre innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.
Job Summary
Role
šThe Payments - Experience team at Whatnot are globally responsible for creating each order, gathering every payment from customers across multiple local and global payment methods, returns, refunds and more. We are deeply connected with the foundations of our business and unlock tremendous growth while creating exciting new ways for our users to transact. Youāll collaborate closely with our sibling team, Payments - Treasury, as well as with other teams and senior leaders across Whatnot while doing so. šTo achieve these goals, weāre looking to make a number of substantial improvements to our systems including critical areas of the business like payment scale & reliability, increased payment options, fraud mitigation, and advanced shipping options and improved delivery times with a focus on providing a seamless international marketplace. šEach member of the team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us.
You
šCurious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weāve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. šAs our next Fullstack Engineer, you should have 5+ years of software engineering experience, particularly with a strong emphasis on JavaScript, web frameworks such as Next.js, and modern frontend applications, as these are key aspects of this role that we highly value. You also: šHave knowledge of multiple programming languages šAre open to doing backend work when required šHave excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution šCan mentor others and prioritize building inclusive, supportive teams šAre a project owner - youāve strong ownership instincts and can own projects from inception to production and beyond šCan ship products and features lightning-fast šAre an excellent problem solver and donāt need to be told exactly what to do šHave the ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly šHave a proven track record of delivering features