Jeff Chang
Head of Growth Engineering at Whatnot
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Engineering, Head of Growth
2021 - Current
Started the growth team at Whatnot, where we work on referrals, notifications, buyer and seller acquisition, performance marketing, and more to help us become the fastest growing marketplace in the US. We're hiring! "Whatnot is for the second straight year the fastest-growing Marketplace 100 company." - A16Z Marketplace 100
Whatnot is a live stream platform and marketplace that enables collectors and enthusiasts to connect, buy, and sell verified products.
Raised $484,700,000.00 from DST Global, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Bond, CapitalG and Andreessen Horowitz.
Growth Advisor
2016
Advised several fast growing companies on building scalable growth channels and impactful growth engineering teams. Companies I have worked with include Canva, Lyft, Upwork, and more
Angel Investor
2018
Supporting amazing founders Seed stage investor: Linear, Supermove, Vori, Atlys, Skio, Codify, Preemo, 20+
Growth Advisor
2020 - 2022
Founder, CEO
2020 - 2021
Built several B2B and consumer products. Acquired by Whatnot
Staff Software Engineer
2014 - 2020
Early Pinterest Growth Engineering. Helped start and and scale various growth teams as a technical lead from 0-1 to help Pinterest grow to 400MM+ MAU and beyond: user acquisition, authentication, SEO, paid growth, activation, engagement, invites, and more.
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Raised $1,486,100,000.00 from Elliott Investment Management and Elliott Investment Management.