This role is ideal for a mid-to-senior level generalist (5+ years experience) who enjoys the fast-paced environment of high-growth startups. You should be comfo
Work type: remote
Location: Los Angeles, CA | New York, NY | Seattle, WA | San Francisco, CA
Salary: $170,000 – $230,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a mid-to-senior level generalist (5+ years experience) who enjoys the fast-paced environment of high-growth startups. You should be comfortable working across the full stack—specifically with Python, Elixir, or JavaScript—and have a background in building scalable systems. If you have "product instincts" and prefer shipping features quickly over over-engineering complex technical architectures, you’ll thrive here. The compensation is highly competitive ($170k - $230k) and comes with a robust benefits package, including a 4% 401k match and generous allowances for home office, wellness, and "dogfooding" the platform. While the role is remote-friendly, it follows a "remote co-located" model; you must live within commuting distance of their hubs in LA, NYC, Seattle, or SF for occasional in-person collaboration. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have experience integrating with e-commerce ecosystems like Shopify, Magento, or ERP systems. * Excel at taking ambiguous product requirements and turning them into scalable data pipelines (SQL, dbt). * Prioritize user experience and business impact over technical purity. * Are looking for a high-impact role where you enable enterprise-level sellers to scale their businesses.
## 🚀 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](https://www.whatnot.com/careers) 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](https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/) and were recently named the [#1 Best Startup Employer in America](http://google.com/search?q=%231+forbes+startup+employer&oq=%231+forbes+startup+employer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD0yBggDEEUYQDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGEDSAQg1NzM0ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our [news](https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/) and [engineering blogs](https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering) and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
## 💻 Role
The Inventory team supports sellers with managing their merchandise on Whatnot and representing it as accurately as possible so they can reach more buyers. They strive to do this in the fewest steps possible so sellers can get back to what they do best: selling and engaging with their community. Merchant Tooling, a subteam of Inventory, supports the needs of our largest and most complicated sellers. Whatnot is committed to helping our sellers turn their passion into a business, and as they grow their business with us their needs evolve. We build the systems to be able to support external and internal tooling for sellers with needs at scale, such as integrations to other e-commerce platforms, WMS, ERPs, and accounting software.
As part of the Merchant Tooling team, you will design and build large-scale, highly reliable systems that support our largest and most complex customers. Your work will focus on:
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 Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco or Seattle hub.
## 👋 You
People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.
As our next Software Engineer on Merchant Tooling, you should have 5+ years of generalist software development experience in high growth startups, plus:
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.