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 Fraud Engineering team owns the algorithms & infrastructure that prevent financial abuse in all of its forms. This includes preventing stolen card fraud, detecting refund & referral abuse, & establishing user identity, to name just a few. šWeāre looking for a seasoned, hands-on leader who will bring a deep entrepreneurial drive, a first-principles understanding of abuse vectors, & rigorous thinking about business tradeoffs. Candidates for this role should be excited about both getting their hands dirty early onāthe fraud team is very small, so its new manager will need to devote a large share of their bandwidth to deep technical work as they scale out the teamā& taking on more management responsibilities over time. šUS Based Role: šRequired to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, or San Francisco Hubs
You
šIn addition to embodying our cultural principles, great candidates will also have 7+ years of total experience in software engineering as either an individual contributor or manager, plus: š2+ years of management experience building, mentoring, performance managing, & guiding the execution of teams in a high-growth environment. š2+ years of software engineering experience building for consumer-scale loads. š1+ years of experience writing production code in Python. š1+ years of experience developing fraud detection & prevention systems preferred. šA love of technical work. You are excited about spending a significant portion of your bandwidth writing code & serving as a tech lead as you scale out your team.
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