Android Engineer

The e-commerce experience has been static for 20+ years and is one of the largest opportunities for disruption in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is a $300B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!

💻 The role

We’re looking for capable Android engineers with a proven track record for building slick UIs that people love. Whatnot is growing very rapidly, so you must be able to cope with the pressure that comes with a high-growth environment and be open to wearing multiple hats.

• Build intuitive user interfaces from the ground up.
• Create modifiable, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Investigate and solve issues with bugs and data inconsistencies.
• Improve the availability and performance of current systems.
• Integrating Live Video Streaming with the app.
• Work with the engineering team to define implementation strategy, define overall requirements, and redefine a product, if needed.

👋 About You

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of experience writing Android apps.
• Expert in Kotlin.
• You are known for ship lightning fast, making good trade-off decisions.
• Excellent communication/writing skills.
• Self-starter. You will be able to hit the ground running with little direction.
• Startup experience at a high-growth company preferred.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary and stock options
• Unlimited Vacation Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short term disability & Long term Disability
  • Whatnot covers 99% of employee premium costs, and 75% of dependent care premiums for Medical
  • Dental and Vision sponsored 100% by Whatnot for employees and dependents
• Work From Home Support
  • Laptop provided by Whatnot and home office setup allowance
  • $450 work-from-anywhere quarterly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
  • $1,350 quarterly allowance on food
  • $1,500 quarterly allowance for wellness
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave and gradual return to work
  • $5,000 annual allowance towards Childcare
  • $20,000 lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Professional Development
  • $2,000 annual benefit to invest in your professional development
• 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts provided by Betterment
  • Employer matching contributions of 100% of up to 4% of contributions on base salary