Data Scientist, Whatnot
Discovery Ecosystem
$180-275k
Offers equity
Live stream platform & marketplace
Job no longer available
Live stream platform & marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180-275k
Offers equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in Data Analytics & Science supporting search and discovery systems
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Excellent verbal communications, including the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical collaborators
- Industry experience with proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on large scale data
- Ability to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams
- Comfortability with data warehouses and big data technologies such as Redshift, Snowflake, Big Query, Presto/Trino, Athena, Spark, DBT
- Expert in using SQL for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding
- Experience with a scripting language such as Python or R
- Aptitude in goal setting, driver and cohort analysis
- Firm grasp of visualization tools, interactive and self-serving, such as business intelligence and notebooks
- We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to be foundational members of our Data team! You will partner with Product Engineering teams across Discovery, Search, Ads and Community domains to identify critical goals for the business, develop a deep understanding of them, and design scalable solutions enabled by both analysis and self-serve methodologies
- You should have strong critical thinking and analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a knack for working across teams in a fast-paced environment
- The ideal candidate will be adept in navigating the data stack and able to support initiatives in all facets from metric creation to analytics engineering to basic modeling, ideally with previous experience in recommendation and relevance systems
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to partner with Product Engineering teams responsible for improving the discovery of live streaming content, product listings, seller stores and more
- You will:
- Partner closely with leads across Discovery, Search, Ads and Community teams to find improvements & opportunities using data science methodologies and tools
- Inform how to balance the needs across buyer demand, seller supply, launching new product categories and international markets
- Build actionable KPIs linking Northstar metrics to day-to-day operations
- Create production-quality dashboards and notebooks to convey insights for strategy and opportunities
- Improve engineering roadmaps through analysis of marketplace, user behavior, and industry trends
- Guide, oversee and improve experimentation practices to make decisions whether to rollout or rollback features
- Define and advance company best practices within a data-informed culture
Our take
Live shopping is changing the way people engage with eCommerce and Whatnot is one of the key platforms driving this shift. The company operates across the US, UK, and Europe, where millions of people connect each day to buy, sell, and build communities around shared interests.
Founded in 2019, Whatnot allows real-time auctions where buyers can watch sellers showcase products and share their expertise, creating a more interactive and personal shopper experience. Sellers include individual creators and small businesses who use live shows to reach audiences and grow their online presence.
As of 2025, the company reports over $6B in sales, with sellers earning significantly more on average than other major marketplaces. And with a range of investor support, Whatnot is committed to developing new ways to make online shopping more social and community-driven.
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Meet the team
Jon Malkemus, VP Product Design
Insights
54% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2025
$225m
SERIES F
Jan 2025
$265m
SERIES E
Total funding: $974.2m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
- Compensation: Generous compensation, including a competitive base salary and equity. Whatnot offers monthly reimbursement for internet and phone costs, along with a one-time home office set-up allowance. Whatnot offers a pension plan and matches employee contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s base salary.
- Recharge: Whatnot gives you the freedom to take time off as you see fit. And, we take company-wide Winter and Summer breaks so we can recharge. Whatnot provides a monthly allowance for wellness expenses. We know that to take care of our customers, we have to take care of ourselves. Supplemental health and life insurance coverage comes standard at Whatnot. 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and an additional one-month gradual return-to-work period.* Plus an additional childcare allowance, and a lifetime allowance for family planning, including adoption and fertility expenses. *The leave allowances provided by Whatnot may be dictated / informed by your country’s legal requirements,
- Flexibility: 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.
Company values
- Always listen to customers
- Move uncomfortably fast
- Prioritize impact ruthlessly
- Own everything and nothing
- Set crazy goals
- Provide extreme transparency
- Optimize for the upside
- Team over ego
- Figure it out
- Deeply understand why
- Have fun & be kind
Company HQ
Venice, Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Grant LaFontaine
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Marketing Manager at Google, Project Manager at Facebook. Also co-founded Kit.
Logan Head
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience in Engineering, including at Maker's Row, Factr, and Flight Club. Former Senior Product Manager at GOAT.
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