Staff Software Engineer
Whatnot, San Francisco, California +4
The role
As a Staff Engineer at Whatnot, you will operate as a technical leader within and across teams. You’ll partner with Engineering, Product, Data, Design, and Leadership to define architectures, drive large cross-functional initiatives, and build the distributed systems that power one of the fastest-growing marketplaces in the world.
This is a high-impact role for engineers who thrive in fast-moving environments and want to shape systems that directly influence millions of buyers and sellers.
What you will do
- Lead the design and evolution of large, distributed systems that power live auctions, payments, search, recommendations, trust systems, growth funnels, and more.
- Own ambiguous, high-leverage technical problems from inception to production — and set the long-term architectural direction.
- Act as the technical lead for major initiatives, driving alignment across multiple teams without formal management authority.