Fullstack Engineer, International
🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.
As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
💻 Role
We’re looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join the International Engineering team, and help us grow Whatnot outside the US in all of our core international markets; including the UK, France, Germany, Australia & more.
This team is responsible for upleveling the international user experience across our entire product, and as a core team member you would work across the entire stack and product to solve targeted user problems, unlock new features and grow our international footprint.
You’ll lead solutions end to end. You’ll translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical solutions and drive delivery and experimentation. Your role will involve creative problem-solving to balance development speed, product impact, and technical excellence.
We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our New York hub.
👋 You
Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here.
As our next Fullstack Engineer, you should have (e.g. 5+ years of generalist software development experience in high growth startups), plus:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
Backend Expertise: Proven track record of building end-to-end high-scale product experiences as a full-stack engineer. Experience with Python on backend, and/or Postgres databases is a plus.
Web development experience with React, using GraphQL for API development, and modern frontend applications (exposure to Next.js framework is not required but preferred)
Excellent product instincts—you first think about users rather than the best technical solution
You can mentor others, and prioritize building inclusive, supportive teams
Project owner—you’ve strong ownership instincts and can own projects from inception to production and beyond
You are known for shipping products and features lightning-fast
You’re an excellent problem solver and can operate autonomously
Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly
Proven track record of delivering features
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💛 EOE
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.