Engineering Manager, Platform

Whatnot

full-time

Posted on: 9/10/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California, New York, Washington

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💰 $270,000 - $305,000 per year

SeniorLead

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About the role

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
Ensure 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, focusing on reducing technical debt, improving code quality, and 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 adoption of new technologies
Monitor industry trends to keep Whatnot at the cutting edge of platform and infrastructure technology
Scale the team through hiring, mentorship, and leadership development initiatives
Work as part of a remote co-located team, within commuting distance of specified US hubs

10+ years of experience in platform engineering or infrastructure engineering leadership roles
At least 5 years of experience managing teams
Experience in building and scaling backend systems, real-time services, and storage infrastructure
Strong experience with software engineering best practices, focusing on maintaining high code quality, reducing technical debt, and improving performance at scale
Proven experience in guiding teams to deliver complex, large-scale systems with an emphasis on reliability and scalability
A focus on developer velocity and ergonomics, improving engineering practices to increase speed and quality of delivery while managing technical debt
Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple teams
Strong technical background, with the ability to make informed decisions on architecture and technology choices
A passion for building and improving technology platforms that scale efficiently
Must be within commuting distance of San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, or Seattle, WA hubs
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States (application asks about US work authorization)