QA Engineer, App Platform

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re 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.

We’re looking for a QA Engineer with a strong software development background who can work both independently and as part of a team. The ideal person for this role is an expert at testing software, owning bugs from discovery to resolution, and communicating with a variety of audiences. You should excel at identifying, documenting, and prioritizing bugs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle hubs.

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? Low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and impact go a long way here.

As our next QA Engineer, you should have 3-5 years of full-time QA experience in software development environments (ideally high-growth startups), plus:

• Excellent product instincts – you pick up new products with ease and can think like (and advocate for) end-users

• Excellent writing and communication skills – you can explain complex ideas to non-technical people (and vice versa) across a variety of audiences

• Excellent problem-solving abilities – you’re resourceful and can figure things out without a lot of direction

• You jump at the opportunity to get involved, take ownership, and drive projects from inception to execution

• You’re comfortable moving quickly, adapting to changing priorities, and wearing multiple hats

• You can multitask while effectively prioritizing for maximum impact
  

• 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

  • Home office setup allowance

  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

• Care benefits

  • Monthly allowance for wellness

  • Annual allowance towards Childcare

  • 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

• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app

  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).

• Parental Leave

  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

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.