Android Engineer, Risk

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Seattle
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

WhatnotWhatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We're 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, Ireland, and Germany today.We're 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.And, we're growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we're hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.Risk is an engineering team at Whatnot that is dedicated to building systems and features which ensure our users have positive, safe experiences on Whatnot - we believe everyone is entitled to thrive on our platform.

• Engineers on Risk build systems and products that allow our users to better moderate their shows, help our internal team action and mitigate issues, solve complex systems problems to monitor and detect bad behavior from reams of data, and build solutions that scale to our next 20x of growth.
• The most important qualities you'll need are making sound product decisions, navigating new domains seamlessly, taking extreme ownership, and shipping high-quality products fast. We always prioritize the highest impact features and ship them quickly.
• The software team has a lot of individual responsibility and many more freedoms, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is essential to us.Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, or New York City hub.As our next Android engineer on Risk, you should have 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience in high growth startups, plus:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Android expertise in creating fluid, responsive user interfaces. Strong knowledge of Kotlin and, ideally, Jetpack Compose. Adept at reactive programming, preferably familiar with Kotlin Coroutines and Flows. Fluent in MVI or MVVM development.
  • Product Instinct: Excel at translating user needs to effective technical solutions.
  • Problem Solving: Thrive in ambiguity and tackle challenging problems with creativity and autonomy.
  • Team Leadership: Proactively improve the team environment and foster inclusive, supportive team culture.
  • Ownership Mindset: Own projects holistically from inception to production and beyond. You are known for shipping high-quality products and features lightning-fast.For 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 or equity.
    • 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 on both food and 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
        • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work.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.Apply for this jobFirst Name *Last Name *Email *Phone *Resume/CV *LinkedIn ProfileWebsiteHow did you hear about this job? *At the time of hire, will you be located within 150 miles of one of our hubs? If so, please select which location. If not, please select "N/A" and input your city and state in the field below. * Select...Please list the city and state you are located in today. *Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? * Select...
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