Data Engineer, Whatnot
Finance
$180-260k
+ Equity
More information about location
Live stream platform & marketplace for collectibles
Be an early applicant
Live stream platform & marketplace for collectibles
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-260k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Whatnot missions is to enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Have 3+ years of experience as a data or software engineer working with high-volume payments or fintech data
- Turn complex financial datasets into reliable, documented, discoverable data products
- Understand data modeling techniques (Data Vault, Kimball, dimensional, double-entry ledger) and apply the right one for the job
- Bring hands-on expertise with modern data tooling—ingestion, testing, transformation, orchestration, lineage, and semantic layers
- Have managed and optimized cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift for finance-grade workloads
- Enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners and can translate technical constraints into business value
- Thrive as a self-starter in a fast-moving environment and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- Data is a crucial part of Whatnot’s mission to bring people together through commerce
- As our newest Data Engineer, Finance, you will partner with engineering, finance, accounting, and product teams to design scalable solutions that turn payments data into high-leverage products
- You will extend our data architecture, unlock critical new use-cases, and drive end-to-end initiatives that keep our revenue data accurate, timely, and traceable
- Own architecture & execution. Make foundational decisions about how we capture, model, and serve financial data—and then ship the code to make it real
- Build mission-critical pipelines. Maintain streaming and batch workflows that process transaction, settlement, refund, and chargeback events with tight SLOs for latency and accuracy
- Deliver finance-grade data products. Create canonical financial models that power seller statements, 1099/1099-K tax reporting, revenue recognition, and SEC/SOX compliance
- Raise the bar on data quality. Design tests, lineage, and monitoring so stakeholders can trust every penny and every query
- Automate reconciliations. Partner with Finance to reconcile ledgers across payment processors, banks, and the general ledger
- Unlock insights. Work with analytics, ML, and product teams to enable real-time dashboards, risk scoring models, and business metrics
Our take
The collectible toy market is large, and Whatnot has built a unique social platform that enables sellers to use livestreams to showcase their products and reach more buyers. The company’s focus is on collectible toys, some of which are rare and can cost thousands of dollars, and has also expanded to sports cards.
The idea of Whatnot was led by buyer trends. Instagram's live feature became a popular place for selling toys and trading cards, but of course was not set up to facilitate bidding or handling payments after a sale occurs. Whatnot combines live showcasing with follow-up sale capabilities, thus serving the community in a more novel way than established collectibles market players such as eBay.
The company has grown fast. It was established in 2019 and has already expanded from its original category - Funko Pop figurines - to Pokemon cards, pins, sports cards, and many more. There is still plenty of scope for expanding into new categories, as the company aims to establish itself as the go-to for this large niche, which will be facilitated by the strong levels of funding that Whatnot has raised.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
54% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2025
$265m
SERIES E
Jul 2022
$260m
SERIES D
Total funding: $749.2m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
- Compensation: Full-time Whatnauts receive equity, a WFH stipend to support your remote workspace and a monthly stipend to dogfood the app.
- Recharge: Flexible Time Off policy, holiday week off at the end of year, and paid parental leave after 1 year with us.
- Flexibility: Remote-first work culture. We provide a working environment where you're in charge of your time and schedule.
Company HQ
Marina del Rey, CA
Leadership
Grant LaFontaine
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Marketing Manager at Google, Project Manager at Facebook. Also co-founded Kit.
Logan Head
(Co-Founder)Experience in Engineering, including at Maker's Row, Factr, and Flight Club. Former Senior Product Manager at GOAT.
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