Staff Software Engineer, Web

As a Staff Software Engineer at Whop, your main responsibilities will include taking ownership of product areas, such as metrics and customer experience. You'll act as a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) driving significant business outcomes through a deep understanding of our customers' needs. This entails collaborating closely with designers, managing project priorities, and implementing hands-on coding solutions to enhance our services.

To be a successful Staff Software Engineer at Whop, candidates should have strong proficiency in either backend technologies, like Ruby on Rails, or frontend frameworks, such as React or Next.js. Excellent communication and project management skills are essential, as well as a passion for building customer-centric products at a high velocity and the ability to work collaboratively across different teams.

The Staff Software Engineer role at Whop is crucial in supporting our mission to make money accessible and enjoyable. By taking ownership of impactful projects, you’ll help us enhance customer experiences, drive engagement, and ultimately facilitate the creation of more millionaires on our platform. Your technical expertise will serve as a foundation for the innovation and performance improvements we strive for.

In the Staff Software Engineer position at Whop, you will work on significant tech projects, including scaling our notification and chat systems and developing low-latency applications, such as live video streaming features. Enhancing the performance and reliability of our public APIs and core web functionalities will also be key aspects of your role.

Whop offers an attractive benefits package to its Staff Software Engineers, featuring a target base salary of $230,000 - $300,000 with equity options, unlimited PTO, comprehensive health benefits, and perks like annual UberEats credits, a rent subsidy for nearby residents, a budget for tech gear, and gym memberships. This ensures that our team members are supported both professionally and personally.

When discussing a challenging software project, focus on outlining the problem, the approach you took to tackle it, and the technologies used. Highlight any collaboration with team members, how you overcame obstacles, and the ultimate outcome, showing your technical leadership and problem-solving skills.

Explain your method for feature prioritization, perhaps using a framework like the MoSCoW method or impact versus effort analysis. Emphasize your understanding of customer needs and how you align project goals with business objectives to ensure the most valuable features are delivered first.

Discuss your familiarity with either Ruby on Rails or frontend technologies like React and Next.js. Provide specific examples of past projects where you used these technologies, detailing your contribution and how these skills make you an excellent fit for the Staff Software Engineer role at Whop.

Detail your strategies for optimizing web application performance, such as minimizing HTTP requests, optimizing images, or implementing lazy loading. Describe tools you use for measuring performance, and highlight a successful optimization project where you delivered tangible improvements.

Describe your collaborative approach with design teams, focusing on how you engage during the ideation phase, provide input on technical feasibility, and ensure that the final product aligns with both user experience and technical constraints. Share a specific instance where collaboration enhanced a project outcome.

Talk about your practices for maintaining code quality, such as code reviews, unit testing, and adhering to coding standards. Illustrate your commitment to writing clean, maintainable code by sharing examples of how you have implemented these methods in past projects.

Discuss your proactive approach to staying updated with industry trends, such as following technical blogs, participating in relevant forums, attending workshops, or engaging in coding communities. Highlight how this knowledge allows you to bring innovative ideas to your role at Whop.

Provide a concrete example where you faced a significant challenge that required a change in direction for a project. Explain how you assessed the situation, communicated changes to the team, and ensured the successful delivery of the revised project, demonstrating your adaptability.

Share your intrinsic motivations, such as the joy of solving complex problems, the excitement of creating products that impact users’ lives, or the drive for continuous learning and professional growth. Connect this motivation to your passion for the mission at Whop.

Discuss your approach to resolving conflicts, emphasizing open communication and active listening. Share an example where you successfully navigated a disagreement, illustrating your commitment to team collaboration and finding common ground for the benefit of the project.