Senior Backend Engineer, Discovery
WhatnotRole Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer in the Discovery team at Whatnot, you will be pivotal in crafting the best user experience for finding and engaging with the most relevant content on our platform. This includes streams, products, and community interactions. Your main responsibilities will involve developing and maintaining a healthy ecosystem where both buyers and sellers can thrive.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable taxonomy and content management systems.
- Apply your systems to new product features and recommendation algorithms.
- Make data-informed decisions and ship quickly to benefit our users.
- Coordinate closely with other teams to build for extreme scale.
- Prototype new ideas quickly, then build them for scalability.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise in designing and building maintainable backend systems.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages; knowledge of Python, Elixir, JavaScript is a plus.
- Strong product instincts, focusing on user needs before technical solutions.
- Known for shipping products and features rapidly.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and autonomy in decision-making.
- Experience in taxonomy, category graph systems, or machine learning fields like Recommendations, Content Understanding, and Search is a plus.
Benefits
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays.
- Comprehensive Health Insurance options (Medical, Dental, Vision).
- Support for remote work including a $1,000 home office setup allowance.
- Monthly allowances for cell phone, internet, food, and wellness.
- Generous allowances for childcare and family planning.
- Retirement plans including 401k with employer match and international pension plans.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave with a gradual return to work option.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 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.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Medical insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible Time off Policy
- Company-wide Holidays
- Health Insurance options
- Work From Home Support
- $1,000 home office setup allowance
- $150 monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- $450 monthly allowance on food
- $500 monthly allowance for wellness
- $5,000 annual allowance towards Childcare
- $20,000 lifetime benefit for family planning
- Retirement; 401k offering
- Parental Leave
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