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About the Role:
- Design and build highly scalable distributed systems that power our global expansion across new markets with different payment methods, tax requirements, and shipping constraints.
- Own critical operational and transactional systems including cross-border transaction infrastructure, tax and regulatory compliance, and international post-purchase experiences.
- Collaborate with product, operations, payments, logistics, and platform teams to drive impact across multiple countries.
About You:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend engineering in distributed systems.
- Experience designing, operating, and scaling reliable production services with relational databases and event-driven architectures.
- Ability to drive projects independently from ambiguous problem statements to production launch.
What We Value:
- Strong proficiency in Python or Go, and experience with payments, fintech, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms.
- Building operational platforms, workflow systems, or transaction processing infrastructure.
- Working in rapidly growing product organizations with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Whatnot
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling sellers to build businesses across hundreds of categories. They are a remote co-located team with hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia, and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America.