WhatNot is hiring a
Software Engineer, Machine Learning in United States

Summary

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by major investors seeking a Machine Learning and Data Platform team member. The role involves partnering with teams to train models, build scalable solutions, and develop communication devices. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience, a degree in a related field, extensive Python experience, and proficiency in various technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent work experience
• Industry experience with a track record of applying practical methods to solve real-world problems on consumer scale data
• Extensive experience with Python for data science and machine learning software development e.g. Flask, FastAPI, Docker
• Ability to work autonomously and lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams
• Experience with operational databases such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
• Proficiency and experience in applied statistical and machine learning fields e.g. Recommendations, Search, Fraud & Anomaly Detection, Experimentation and Causal Analysis

Responsibilities

• Partner closely across the machine learning, platform, and product engineering teams to train models to solve product problems and productionize data science and machine learning artifacts
• Contribute scalable solutions across various serving stacks at the machine learning service and application layers
• Build and help set direction for ML infrastructure, such as feature construction patterns, data and model monitoring, online & offline scoring systems, and model usage patterns
• Develop high quality communication devices such as dashboards, notebooks, documents, and presentations to convey insights across a broad audience

Benefits

• 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
• $1,000 home office setup allowance
• $150 monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• $450 monthly allowance on food
• $500 monthly allowance for wellness
• $5,000 annual allowance towards Childcare
• $20,000 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
• Parental Leave; 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work