About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. Weāre building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote-first team, we operate out of hubs within the US, Canada, UK, and Germany today. Weāre innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.
Job Summary
What you'll do:
šDesign new production algorithms and systems to prevent systemic threats and better protect buyers, sellers, and Whatnot. šProactively monitor the potential negative impacts of these systems on good users and ensure that the benefits of these systems continue to outweigh the costs. šBuild event-driven architectures that allow us to react to high-risk user behavior in near real time. šContribute across the entire software development process: ideation, opportunity sizing, prototyping, load testing, deployment, and alerting. šDrive initiatives across multiple product surfaces and communicate findings with leadership and product teams using dashboards, notebooks, and/or documents where appropriate.
You
šCurious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weāve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. šAs our next Software Engineer, Fraud you should have 4+ years of total software engineering experience, plus: šBachelorās degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, a related technical field, or equivalent work experience. š2+ years of software engineering experience building for consumer-scale loads. š1+ years of experience writing production code in Python. š1+ years of experience developing fraud detection & prevention systems preferred.
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