Software Engineer, Video

🚀Jointhe Futureof Commerce with Whatnot !

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At Whatnot, video and live streaming are the foundation of our business. As we embark on an exciting phase of expansion, we're seeking to enrich our platform with innovative video solutions and enhanced tools designed to empower both our buyers and sellers. This included introducing advanced seller tools, like interactive overlays, to boost the streaming experience.

We are seeking specialists to define and execute our video strategy. Your work will enhance our platform's video quality and introduce tools that maximize engagement and sales for our sellers.

Short-Term Objectives:

• Implement robust measurement and observability.
• Build video recording pipeline for T&S and user experience
• Develop initial seller tools for enhanced livestream interaction.

Future Directions:

• Advance our video features for flawless user experiences.
• Inform long term video strategy including framework success criteria and creation
• Lead the innovation in seller tools, enabling peak streaming performance.
• Evaluate and onboard new video providers.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, or Seattle, WA hubs.

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 Video Engineer you should have:

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with scaled WebRTC system
• Excellent ability to translate product requirements to a scalable system. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.
• You are known for the high quality of your engineering designs.
• You’re an excellent problem solver and don’t need to be told exactly what to do.
• AWS/Dev Ops experience

For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $185,000/year to $245,000/year+benefits+equity.

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.

• Flexible Timeoff Policyand Company -wide Holidays(includingaspringandwinterbreak)
• Health Insuranceoptionsincluding Medical ,Dental,Vision
• Work From Home Support
  • Homeofficesetupallowance
  • Monthlyallowanceforcellphoneandinternet
• Care benefits
  • Monthlyallowanceforwellness
  • Annualallowancetowards Childcare
  • Lifetimebenefitforfamilyplanning,suchasadoptionorfertilityexpenses
• Retirement;401kofferingfor
  
  Traditional and
  
  RothaccountsintheUS(employermatchupto 4% ofbasesalary) and Pensionplansinternationally
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
• Parental Leave
  • 16weeksofpaidparentalleave+onemonthgradualreturntowork
    * companyleaveallowancesrunconcurrentlywithcountryleaverequirementswhichtakeprecedence.

Whatnotisproudtobean Equal Opportunity Employer .Wevaluediversity,andwedonotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,religion,color,national origin,gender,sexual orientation,age,marital status,veteran status,parental status,disability status,oranyotherstatusprotectedbylocallaw.

Webelievethatourworkisbetterandourcompanycultureisimprovedwhenweencourage,support,andrespectthedifferentskillsandexperiencesrepresentedwithinourworkforce.