What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer, Web position at Whop?
About Whop
At Whop, we're building a farmers market for the internet where people can set up storefronts, accept payments, find customers, and connect with customers . Our mission is to deliver everybody a sustainable income. We are bridging the gap between commerce and connection amidst an exploding internet economy.
We earn creators on our platform almost $1B / year with a team of about 70 people based in Brooklyn, NY.
What does the role look like?
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll take ownership as a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for one or more product areas - metrics, customer experience, and technical vision. In this role, you will drive impactful business outcomes by deeply understanding customer needs, setting clear priorities for maximum impact, collaborating with designers on solution ideation, and implementing experiments through hands-on coding.
You'll take on our most challenging, impactful projects, such as scaling notification and chat systems, and building low-latency applications such as live video streaming. You'll also enhance performance and reliability across our systems, from public APIs and checkout to core web vitals. Collaboration with both engineering and non-engineering teams will be key. This role blends technical leadership with hands-on building.
Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in either backend (e.g., Ruby on Rails) OR frontend technologies (e.g., React, Next.js).
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Experience building beautiful products at a high velocity
Who you are :
PS : We love to work with people who are making money on Whop! Checkout whop before you apply!
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
Salary : $230,000 - $300,000
