Software Engineer Intern | Whatnot | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<h2>🚀 Whatnot</h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our<a href="https://www.whatnot.com/careers" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> values</a>, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the<a href="https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> fastest growing marketplaces</a> and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.</p>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">💻 Role</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a 12 week remote internship during Summer 2025. Our interns work in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams enabling you to directly impact the direction of our platform. Your code and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and define future engineering initiatives. While relocation is not required for this role, as a Whatnot intern you have access to our offices in SF, LA, and NYC.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Some sample projects you might work on are:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Building new features for users in our live-streams</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">By the end of your internship, you will have contributed to one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever while gaining core industry skills of project ideation, management and collaboration.</p>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">👋 You</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. As our next Engineering Intern you should have some industry software engineering experience, plus</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Pursuing a degree in computer science or other related major graduating in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to pick up on new technologies quickly</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">🎁 Benefits</strong></h2>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">$150/month dogfooding budget</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">$150/month wifi/phone reimbursement</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">💛 EOE</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our<a href="https://www.whatnot.com/careers" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> values</a>, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the<a href="https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> fastest growing marketplaces</a> and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.</p>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">💻 Role</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a 12 week remote internship during Summer 2025. Our interns work in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams enabling you to directly impact the direction of our platform. Your code and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and define future engineering initiatives. While relocation is not required for this role, as a Whatnot intern you have access to our offices in SF, LA, and NYC.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Some sample projects you might work on are:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Building new features for users in our live-streams</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">By the end of your internship, you will have contributed to one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever while gaining core industry skills of project ideation, management and collaboration.</p>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">👋 You</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. As our next Engineering Intern you should have some industry software engineering experience, plus</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Pursuing a degree in computer science or other related major graduating in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to pick up on new technologies quickly</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">🎁 Benefits</strong></h2>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">$150/month dogfooding budget</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">$150/month wifi/phone reimbursement</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">💛 EOE</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>