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[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, CX

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Whatnot is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for its Customer Experience team to build a world-class customer support platform. The role focuses on user-facing experiences, scalable internal infrastructure, and AI-powered automations that help resolve customer issues quickly and reliably.

Responsibilities

  • Our team is responsible for resolving them quickly, reliably, and with high customer satisfaction
  • As a member of the team, you’ll build new user-facing experiences, scale internal infrastructure, and design intelligent AI-powered automations to help us solve thousands of customer issues per hour
  • You’ll lead solutions end to end
  • You’ll translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical solutions and drive delivery and experimentation
  • Your role will involve creative problem-solving to balance development speed, product impact, and technical excellence

Skills

  • 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience in high growth startups
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Proven track record of building end-to-end product experiences and scaling high-scale backend systems
  • Own projects holistically from inception to production and beyond
  • You are known for shipping high-quality products and platform level initiatives fast
  • Excel at translating user needs to effective technical solutions
  • Thrive in ambiguity and tackle challenging problems with creativity and autonomy
  • Proactively improve the team environment and foster inclusive, supportive team culture
  • Experience with Python, Elixir, and/or Postgres is a plus

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
  • Monthly allowance for wellness
  • Annual allowance towards Childcare
  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary)
  • Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work; company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements, which take precedence

Company Overview

  • Whatnot is a live shopping marketplace that connects buyers and sellers through interactive livestreams, auctions, and online storefronts. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.whatnot.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Whatnot has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 41 in 2026, 34 in 2025, 20 in 2024, 18 in 2023, 10 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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