Software Engineer, Developer Tooling

1 Day ago • 5 Years + • $185,000 PA - $245,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Developer Tooling Engineer at Whatnot, you will maintain an efficient CI/CD pipeline, build local environment tooling, and work with the engineering team to deploy services across different environments. You will also implement and optimize developer workflows to reduce friction and increase productivity, providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements. This role requires strong technical skills and a passion for improving developer experience. The ideal candidate will have experience in a hyper-growth startup and a strong understanding of cloud environments and CI/CD workflows.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of developer productivity experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Experience in a hyper-growth startup
  • Prior experience in a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP)
  • Expert knowledge of various CI/CD workflows
  • Excellent coding skills
Perks:
  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
  • Monthly allowance for wellness
  • Annual allowance towards Childcare
  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work

Job Details

🚀 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. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role

  • Maintain an efficient CI/CD pipeline to help developers ship the software faster and safer in a structured environment.
  • Build local environment tooling to enable the engineering team to build and test product features swiftly and safely.
  • Work with the engineering team to get services deployed across different environments.
  • Implement and optimize developer workflow to reduce friction and increase productivity.
  • Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.

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.

👋 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 Developer Tooling Engineer, you should have 5+ years of developer productivity or similar experience, helping build scalable systems that can handle millions of users, plus:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Excellent developer experience instincts. You first think about engineer experience rather than the best technical solution.
  • Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup. You’re a self-starter who can hit the ground running with little direction.
  • Prior experience in a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP) using Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Terraform.
  • Expert knowledge of various CI/CD workflows.
  • Exceptional coding skills and the ability to ship lightning-fast. We primarily use Python and Elixir, but previous knowledge of each is not required.
  • Excellent communication and writing skills.

💰Compensation

For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $185,000 - $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.

🎁 Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
    • Home office setup allowance
    • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
  • Care benefits
    • Monthly allowance for wellness
    • Annual allowance towards Childcare
    • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Retirement; 401k 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
    • We expect all employees to actively use the product!
  • Parental Leave
    • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

💛 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.

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