Software Engineer, Data Platform at Whatnot · United States · Joined
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Software Engineer, Data Platform
Whatnot · United States · Just now · 0 applicants
NewRemoteFull-timeLead
Pay
$190k–$270kListed
Workplace
Remote
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead
Team: Data Platform · Source: jobright · Posted by joined-scrapper
About the role
Join Whatnot's Data Platform team to lead the development of scalable streaming infrastructure, including the evolution of the Flink platform, real-time analytics systems, and machine learning infrastructure. This remote role focuses on building and operating stateful, high-performance data pipelines at production scale.
What you’ll do
Lead development of scalable streaming infrastructure
Evolve the Apache Flink platform
Build real-time analytics systems
Develop machine learning infrastructure
Design and operate stateful real-time data pipelines at scale
Ensure uptime, reliability, and maintainability through monitoring, alerting, and incident management
What you’ll need
5+ years of experience
Track record of building scalable, high-performance distributed systems
Strong experience with Kafka, Flink, or Pulsar and evolving the platform layer itself
Hands-on experience designing stateful real-time data pipelines including checkpointing, state management, and watermarking
Expertise in managing cloud data stores such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
Proficiency in a server-side language, preferably Python, and infrastructure-as-code approaches like Terraform
Original job description
Whatnot is a live shopping platform where people buy, sell, and discover products through commerce. The Data Platform team builds services that improve the core product experience and generate business value, and this role leads the development of scalable streaming infrastructure, including the evolution of the Flink platform, real-time analytics systems,…