Senior Software Engineer - Japan
Whatnot
- Tokyo, Japan
- Senior Level
- Posted
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.
About Whatnot
Design, build, and ship features critical to growing the Japan market, such as payment/payout methods, logistics integrations, seller onboarding and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Own technical strategy for Japan: partner with the Japan GM to translate market needs into a roadmap, decide what we build and how, and own the trade-offs.
- Lead execution across multiple workstreams, coordinating with engineers and cross-functional partners in Japan and globally, with the freedom to move fast on the highest-impact opportunities.