Fullstack Engineer, Payments

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re 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, Ireland, and Germany today.

We’re 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.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

💻 Role

The Payments - Experience team at Whatnot are globally responsible for creating each order, gathering every payment from customers across multiple local and global payment methods, returns, refunds and more. We are deeply connected with the foundations of our business and unlock tremendous growth while creating exciting new ways for our users to transact. You’ll collaborate closely with our sibling team, Payments - Treasury, as well as with other teams and senior leaders across Whatnot while doing so. 

To achieve these goals, we’re looking to make a number of substantial improvements to our systems including critical areas of the business like payment scale & reliability, increased payment options, fraud mitigation, and advanced shipping options and improved delivery times with a focus on providing a seamless international marketplace.

Each member of the team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us.

👋 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 Fullstack Engineer, you should have 5+ years of software engineering experience, particularly with a strong emphasis on JavaScript, web frameworks such as Next.js, and modern frontend applications, as these are key aspects of this role that we highly value. You also:

• Have knowledge of multiple programming languages
• Are open to doing backend work when required
• Have excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution
• Can mentor others and prioritize building inclusive, supportive teams
• Are a project owner - you’ve strong ownership instincts and can own projects from inception to production and beyond
• Can ship products and features lightning-fast
• Are an excellent problem solver and don’t need to be told exactly what to do
• Have the ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly
• Have a proven track record of delivering features 
• Have experience with payment systems, infrastructure, experiences, and international commerce (nice to have)
• Have a startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)

💛 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.