Software Engineer, Data Platform

As our next Software Engineer, Data Platform, you should have 5+ years of experience, plus:

Ability to write well-tested, API-driven applications and services that run at scale in production

Track record of building scalable, high-performance distributed systems

Strong experience with streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Pulsar, with particular strength in building or evolving the platform layer itself — not just downstream pipelines.

Hands-on experience designing and operating stateful real-time data pipelines at scale, including concepts like checkpointing, state management, and watermarking.

Experience evaluating architectural tradeoffs in stream processing systems, including when Flink is the right solution and when it is not.

Experience building multi-tenant or end-to-end streaming infrastructure that supports multiple teams or production use cases.

Expertise in managing cloud data stores (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.) for processing and serving data products

Strong experience supporting operational systems to ensure uptime, reliability, and maintainability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management

In addition to these role-specific qualifications, all engineering team members are expected to have:

Experience managing cloud technologies (AWS or Google Cloud) and comfort with infrastructure-as-code approaches (for example, Terraform)

Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (preferably Python), common algorithms and data structures, and software design principles

Self-starter ethic, with the ability to thrive under a high level of autonomy

Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

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.