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Role Description

Babylist is hiring Senior Software Engineers to join our engineering organization. You'll work on systems that power a $1B+ GMV marketplace, serving over 9 million families annually. Our engineering teams build everything from advertising platforms and commerce tools to registry systems and health products. During the interview process, you'll learn about different teams and we'll identify the best fit based on your skills and interests.

• Revenue & Growth: Advertising partnerships, commerce features, lifecycle marketing, and growth experiments
• Product & Experience: Registry tools, shopping flows, health product experience, and customer-facing features
• Platform & Infrastructure: Developer tools, core services, monitoring, and foundational systems

We’re looking for builders — engineers who are excited about solving hard problems, moving fast, and helping invent what AI-first software development looks like at Babylist.

Qualifications

• A high-performing engineer with 6+ years of experience delivering end-to-end solutions that drive business growth
• Thrives in a quickly growing environment and is excited to lead business-critical projects to unlock new capabilities
• Experience testing, monitoring, and running production software systems
• Talented programmer with React and Ruby on Rails experience (or similar tech stack experience like Python/Django or Javascript/Node.js with strong desire to learn Ruby on Rails)
• Passion for identifying gaps in team processes or execution and love driving impactful improvements
• Adaptable and open to working on different types of problems, from revenue systems to customer-facing features to infrastructure
• Past experience in e-commerce, consumer growth marketing, adtech, or marketplace systems is a plus but not required
• Attention to detail
• Actively uses AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar) as part of daily workflow

Requirements

• Provide leadership around process, tooling, systems, and software architecture
• Improve and help maintain existing systems — lead the team in adopting AI-first approaches
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to design, implement, and deploy systems
• Make architectural decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
• Work in a close, supportive team solving real-world problems
• Mentor other team members through design and architecture planning, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions

Benefits

• Competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• Competitive salary with equity and bonus opportunities
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts
• Generous paid parental leave and PTO
• Remote work stipend to set up your office
• Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning

Company Description

Babylist is the leading registry, e-commerce, and content platform for growing families. More than 9 million people shop with Babylist every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, trusted guidance, and expert product recommendations for new parents and the people who love them.

• What began as a universal registry has grown into a full ecosystem for new parents, including the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, and a flagship showroom in Los Angeles.
• Hundreds of brands in baby and beyond partner with Babylist to engage meaningfully with families during one of life’s most important transitions.
• With over $1 billion in annual GMV, and more than $500 million in 2024 revenue, Babylist is reshaping the $320 billion baby product industry.
• We’re helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for at every step.
• As we build the generational brand in baby, our mission remains simple: to connect growing families with everything they need to thrive.