IOS Engineer

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe for buying, selling, and discovering 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 never before seen in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here shape how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co‑located team, we are 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 work that drives the most impact.

We are one of the fastest‑growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes.

We're hiring iOS Engineers across multiple teams, including Buyer Growth, Content & Navigation, Security, App Platform, and Customer Experience & Operations. We span a range of seniority levels—from mid‑level to senior and staff—aligning scope and leveling to experience and impact. Team matching happens late in the process to pair you with the team where your strengths, interests, and growth goals will have the greatest impact.

As the next iOS Engineer, you'll design and build mobile experiences and systems that sit at the heart of the seller and buyer experience—combining growth, trust, and scalability. Your work will directly shape how thousands of new sellers and buyers discover Whatnot, get started, and succeed every week.

• Develop high‑quality iOS features using Swift and Swift
  
  UI.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design, and backend teams to define goals, scope, and technical trade‑offs.
• Contribute to the evolution of shared mobile infrastructure and best practices across Whatnot's engineering teams.
• Uphold engineering excellence through code reviews, documentation, and thoughtful discussions that raise the bar.

Work from home or from one of our global office hubs. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our New York, Seattle, San Francisco, or Los Angeles hub.

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in Swift, with a deep understanding of iOS fundamentals and Swift
  
  UI‑driven UI architecture.
• Proven track record of delivering user‑facing features. You are known for shipping products and features lightning‑fast.
• Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.

• Experience with e‑commerce or social products.
• Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks, analytics instrumentation, or growth experimentation tooling.

• Flexible time‑off policy and company‑wide holidays (including a spring and winter break).
• Health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision.
• Work‑from‑home support.
• Home office setup allowance.
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet.
• Care benefits.
• Monthly allowance for wellness.
• Annual allowance toward childcare.
• Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses.
• Retirement: 401(k) offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and pension plans internationally.
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app.
• Parental leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus one month gradual return to work. Company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements, which take precedence.

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.