Whatnot
2025 Software Engineer Intern (Fall)
Job Summary
This internship offers an opportunity for students pursuing a computer science or related degree to contribute to a rapidly growing livestream commerce platform. Interns will work on developing new features, scaling systems, and implementing growth strategies, gaining practical industry skills. The role emphasizes cross-functional teamwork and impact-driven project execution. Candidates should have some software engineering experience, a problem-solving mindset, and be able to adapt to new technologies quickly.
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Benefits
Job Description
š Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Weāre re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, weāre inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, weāre building the future of online marketplacesātogether.
From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.
And weāre just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, weāre looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.
š» Role
We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a 12-16 week remote internship during Fall 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.
Some sample projects you might work on are:
- Building new features for users in our live-streams
- Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows
- Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience
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.
š You
Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? Weāve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here. As our next Engineering Intern you should have some industry software engineering experience, plus
- Pursuing a degree in computer science or other related major graduating in Dec 2025 or by Summer 2026
- Problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker
- Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users
- Ability to pick up on new technologies quickly
š Benefits
- $150/month dogfooding budget
- We expect all employees to actively use the product!
- $150/month wifi/phone reimbursement
š 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.
Whatnot
A live-streaming marketplace where users can buy, sell, and trade collectibles, such as trading cards and rare items, in real time.
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