COMPANY INFORMATION:
Whatnot (YC W20) is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re one of YC’s top companies and one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever. We’re laser focused on creating an exceptional software company, team, and place to work. You can read our principles here.
Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. We’re building the future of ecommerce; an interactive community where creators can make a living off their passion.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The e-commerce experience has been static for 20+ years and is one of the largest opportunities for disruption in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is a $300B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!
Role
Help us launch a world-class live shopping platform into new categories, such as clothing, luxury, and sneakers, by contributing to the development of both category-specific and platform-wide features and infrastructure.
Deliver useful, fun, trusted, and seamless user experiences to help people find what they’re looking for, enjoy their time on Whatnot, and share with their friends.
Help recruit and grow successful sellers to Whatnot, by working closely with our marketing & operations teams to identify seller needs, pain points, and opportunities, and designing and implementing effective solutions.
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.
As our next Full Stack Engineer you should have 3+ years of development experience, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth technology company, plus:
Have a proven track record of building and launching high-quality software products that reach end-users, with an eye for design, and empathy for user needs.
Possess strong technical expertise within a domain such as web development, app development, machine learning, or backend development.
Demonstrate a desire and ability to quickly learn in new environments, new languages, or new domains, and adapt to changing requirements and constraints.
Have experience scaling products from 1K to 1M users, and have a deep understanding of the technical and operational challenges associated with high-traffic and high-scale systems.
Have experience working within e-Commerce, live video, or development of other real-time experiences, and are familiar with the unique requirements and opportunities of these domains.
