Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

Whatnot•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Australia, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone. And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce. We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join us for a 12-16 week hybrid internship during Summer 2026. Our interns work in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams enabling you to directly impact the direction of our platform. Your code and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and define future engineering initiatives. Some sample projects you might work on are: Building new features for users in our live-streams Implementing growth tactics and strategies to scale our buyer and seller flows Building systems at scale that help us deliver a high trust marketplace experience By the end of your internship, you will have contributed to one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever while gaining core industry skills of project ideation, management and collaboration. We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle hub.

Requirements

Pursuing a degree in computer science or other related major graduating in Dec 2026 or by Summer 2027
Problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker
Willing to take risks and build product and systems for 1M+ users
Ability to pick up on new technologies quickly