About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re 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. We’re 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
📍The Buyer Growth team is responsible for driving Whatnot’s top-of-funnel growth and first-time buyer success. We focus on acquisition, activation, and early retention, partnering closely with product, data, design, and marketing to build experiences that bring new users into the ecosystem and turn them into loyal customers. In this role, you will 📍Lead and scale critical growth initiatives such as onboarding flows, referral systems, guest browsing, notification systems 📍Design and own end-to-end systems, from backend services to frontend experiences, that impact millions of users. Drive architectural decisions to ensure systems are reliable, scalable, and extensible as we scale rapidly. 📍Work across product, marketing, and data science to identify high-leverage growth opportunities and rapidly iterate on experiments. 📍Instrument, monitor, and improve funnels to drive measurable lifts in new user conversion and retention. 📍Mentor other engineers and contribute to raising the bar for engineering excellence across the team. 📍US Based: 📍Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York hubs.
You
📍Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. 📍5+ years of full-time, generalist software engineering experience in high growth tech companies. 📍Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience 📍Proven track record of delivering end-to-end user-facing products and the ability to work across the stack (backend and frontend). 📍Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution. 📍Ability to take ownership of an ambiguous area and define and then drive impact. 📍Ability to flexibly work across multiple workstreams, thriving in a fast-paced environment
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