Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering

Overview

Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering role at Whatnot . You will oversee the Platform Engineering team, working closely with engineering, product, and operations to build scalable, reliable, and performant systems that support millions of users as we scale.

Base pay range : $270,000.00 / yr - $305,000.00 / yr

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled engineers, guiding them through complex technical challenges and helping them achieve personal and professional growth.
• Develop and implement strategic roadmaps for platform engineering that align with company objectives, ensuring scalability and supporting developer velocity.
• Focus on ensuring engineers can work effectively and quickly, building within and leveraging our platform services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence product decisions and ensure engineering solutions meet both business and technical needs.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, with a focus on reducing technical debt, improving code quality, and continuously evolving engineering practices to enable faster delivery.
• Own the architecture and development of critical infrastructure initiatives, including backend services, real-time systems, and storage infrastructure.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning, encouraging experimentation and the adoption of new technologies.
• Monitor industry trends, ensuring that Whatnot remains at the cutting edge of platform and infrastructure technology.
• Scale the team through hiring, mentorship, and leadership development initiatives.

Qualifications

Location

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

Benefits

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.

Compensation Range : $270K - $305K

Seniority level : Director

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Engineering and Information Technology; Industries : Technology, Information and Internet

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