2025 Software Engineer Intern (Fall)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Internship (12-16 weeks)
• Internship Term: Fall 2025
• Company: Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe, redefining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment. We are seeking intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a remote internship. Our interns work in cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, directly impacting the platform's direction. Your code and ideas will contribute to solving complex technical challenges and defining future engineering initiatives. While relocation is not required, interns have access to our offices in SF, LA, and NYC.

Sample Projects:

• Building new features for live-stream users.
• Implementing growth tactics to scale buyer and seller flows.
• Building scalable systems for a high-trust marketplace experience.

By the end of the internship, you will have contributed to a fast-growing marketplace and gained core industry skills in project ideation, management, and collaboration.

Requirements

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related major.
• Expected graduation date: December 2025 or Summer 2026.
• Some industry software engineering experience.
• Problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker.
• Willingness to take risks and build products/systems for 1M+ users.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to solving complex technical challenges.
• Impact the direction of the Whatnot platform through code and ideas.
• Define future engineering initiatives.

Benefits

• $150/month dogfooding budget (for using the product).
• $150/month wifi/phone reimbursement.

Company Information

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, Whatnot is building the future of online marketplaces.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on 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 diverse teams improve our work and company culture.