Software Engineer, Trust and Risk

Overview

Software Engineer, Trust and Risk at Whatnot. Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Were building the future of online marketplaces with a remote-friendly, globally distributed team.

This range is provided by Whatnot. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$162,000.00 / yr - $260,000.00 / yr

Role

Whatnot s Trust and Risk, Fraud, and Integrity teams are responsible for building systems that help set clear expectations, encourage good behavior, and address issues fairly and efficiently. By combining proactive detection with transparent enforcement, we ensure Whatnot remains a safe and trustworthy place for both buyers and sellers.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop systems to protect the platform : Build and iterate on production algorithms and infrastructures that mitigate systemic risks and safeguard buyers, sellers, and the broader Whatnot community.
• Balance risk and user experience : Proactively monitor the impact of protective systems on trusted users, ensuring interventions deliver more value than friction.
• Respond in real time to threats : Architect event-driven pipelines and detection frameworks that enable near real-time responses to high-risk user behavior.
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle : Engage in ideation, scoping, prototyping, load testing, deployment, and monitoring to deliver resilient and scalable solutions.
• Drive cross-team initiatives : Collaborate across multiple product surfaces and operational teams, surfacing insights to leadership and stakeholders through dashboards, notebooks, and clear written documentation.
• Continuously evolve defenses : Stay ahead of emerging abuse patterns, abuse vectors, and account integrity risks by iterating quickly and rigorously testing solutions.

You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. As our next Software Engineer you should have 7+ years of total software engineering experience, plus :

Compensation

For Full-Time (Salary) US based applicants : $180,000 / year to $260,000 / 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

Equal Opportunity

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.

Other

Compensation Range : $162K - $260K

Location notes : US-based, candidates within commuting distance to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle hubs may be preferred.

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