Staff Software Engineer - Japan

Whatnot • Japanese: C1 • Commerce • Marketplaces • 3 days ago

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Salary

≈ $78k – $164k per year (Estimated)

Location

Remote (Japan)

Seniority

Staff

Employment

Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026. Whatnot scores C on the Alion truth index.

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Whatnot

Whatnot is a US live shopping marketplace headquartered in San Francisco where sellers host livestreams to sell trading cards, collectibles, fashion, electronics, live plants and many other categories. Founded in 2019 and backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator and CapitalG, it operates in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan with teams in New York, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Berlin, Krakow, Sydney and Tokyo. It hires software and application security engineers, product designers, sales managers for international markets, recruiters, communications managers and finance and tax staff.

whatnot.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Marketplaces • Commerce • Social Commerce • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2019

Tech stack of Whatnot

Backed by Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz

Join Whatnot, the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe. As a Staff Software Engineer in Japan, you'll be the technical leader for our engineering presence in the country, working across the full stack to build features critical to growing the Japan market. You'll set the technical direction for the Japan pod and act as the bridge between the Japan business and our global engineering organization.

Missions

設計、構築、出荷することを担当し、日本市場の成長に重要な機能を提供する。
日本の技術戦略を所有し、市場のニーズをロードマップに変換する。
複数の作業ストリーム全体での実行をリードし、日本とグローバルでのエンジニアやクロスファンクショナルパートナーとの調整を行う。

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