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Manager, Data Science

Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. We’re building the future of ecommerce; an interactive community where creators can make a living off their passion.

Whatnot

Employee count: 201-500

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Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest livestream 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, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

Requirements

  • Lead a team of data scientists working on high-impact marketplace problems across areas such as growth, discovery, incentives, ads, ranking, and ecosystem health
  • Build and operationalize strong measurement foundations, including KPI frameworks, dashboards, diagnostics, and recurring business review rhythms
  • Raise the bar for experimentation quality through better test design, guardrails, observability, and interpretation
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Trust & Safety, and other cross-functional teams on complex marketplace and growth problems
  • Drive analytical strategy for major product and business investments, helping teams understand performance, profitability, and tradeoffs
  • Support work on discovery, personalization, matching, and monetization across evolving parts of the marketplace
  • Improve how teams use data by building scalable frameworks, self-serve analytics, and high-quality analytical assets
  • Help your team adopt modern tooling, including AI-enabled workflows, to improve speed, leverage, and decision-making
  • Manage, coach, and develop high-performing data scientists while hiring thoughtfully as the business grows

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
  • Care benefits
  • Monthly allowance for wellness
  • Annual allowance towards Childcare
  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • Parental Leave (16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work)

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About Whatnot

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Whatnot (YC W20) is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re one of YC’s top companies and one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever. We’re laser focused on creating an exceptional software company, team, and place to work. You can read our principles here.

Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. We’re building the future of ecommerce; an interactive community where creators can make a living off their passion.

Did we mention we’re growing? In January 2021, Whatnot had 10 ambitious employees. We started 2023 with 350+ employees and are continuing to grow. We’re hiring forward thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. We recruit thoughtfully, can adapt quickly, and are scaling fully remotely.

Employee benefits

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Company meals

$1,350 quarterly allowance on food.

Whatnot stipend

Monthly stipend to dogfood the app.

Wellness benefits

$1,500 quarterly allowance for wellness.

Childcare allowance

$5,000 annual allowance towards Childcare.

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Whatnot

Company size

201-500 employees

Founded in

2019

Chief executive officer

Grant LaFontaine

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