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Software Engineer, Discovery (search)

Whatnot
Location
Not specified
Work mode
On-site
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

Software Engineer, Discovery (search) at Whatnot is responsible for building the best search experience for users to find relevant content, streams, products, and community members. This involves working on taxonomy, search and filters, retrieval and ranking algorithms, and content understanding, making data-informed decisions and shipping quickly.

Skills and focus areas

  • search
  • taxonomy
  • retrieval algorithms
  • ranking algorithms
  • content understanding
  • data-informed decision making

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on Whatnot’s careers page.

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