Staff Software Engineer, Registry

Who We Are

Babylist is the leading vertical marketplace and commerce destination for baby, driving purchase decisions for more than 8 million people each year. Utilizing robust proprietary data, patented technology, and unbiased editorial guidance, Babylist recommends expert-tested products to those starting their parenting journey so loved ones can offer their support. Babylist registries connect new parents and their community of family and friends who help plan, prepare, and shop for a child's arrival. Babylist is the generational brand in baby, leading the $67 billion baby products market as the trusted go-to solution for growing families. To learn about Babylist’s registry options, editorial content, and more, visit www.babylist.com.

Our Ways of Working

We’re a remote-first company with team members located across the United States spanning multiple time zones. We know how valuable the flexibility of remote work is for our employees so people can get the work done in the way that suits them best. With rare exception, our employees generally work 9-5 in their home time zone. We also know that personal connection is the foundation for the great work we do together. In order to build community and collaboration, we gather in person two times a year at a full company offsite and a departmental offsite. These offsites are expected of employees and are great opportunities to meet the people you work with every day and to do some of the work that is much more difficult to do virtually.

Our Tech Stack

• Ruby on Rails
• AWS
• Sidekiq
• MySQL
• Redis
• React
• Native iOS and Android

What the Role Is

Babylist is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Registry team. This team is responsible for the end-to-end experience of building and sharing your Babylist registry; used and loved by millions of parents and gift givers. Product areas include catalog search, structured registry building, product recommendations, guides, recommendations, and thank you notes

As a Staff Fullstack Engineer you will work with our product and design teams to shape new product initiatives and deliver on complex new functionality. Additionally, you will work with your staff level peers across our engineering org to understand systemic bottlenecks, design architectural improvements, and roll them out with your team.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack software development
• Have proven experience with distributed system design
• Very comfortable with JavaScript, React and Ruby / Python (or similar)
• Able to deliver elegant, effective software solutions in a timely manner
• A clear, friendly, and open-minded communicator
• Passionate about solving techno-social systems problems
• A leader in nurturing agile work environments

How You'll Make an Impact

• Design your organization and processes to achieve maximum business impact
• Develop and own the strategic roadmap for data analytics and data engineering for the entire company
• Champion the use of data across all business functions
• Create a culture of inclusiveness, kindness, creativity, and impact
• Be a talent builder to attract, mentor, and retain best in class talent

What You'll Do

• Work closely with product owners to design, implement and deploy systems to support and scale our registry experiences
• Prioritize and lead efforts to improve our tooling, systems, and software architecture. You should feel energized by collaborating with your engineering peers to make platform and organizational level improvements
• Improve and help maintain existing systems. Friction in the development process slows us down and has a large opportunity cost. You relish the opportunity to improve test coverage and delete thousands of lines of code
• Working in a close, supportive team solving real world problems and making decisions
• Mentoring other team members through design and architecture planning, code reviews, and knowledge sharing sessions
• Maintaining older systems and replacing them safely
• Identifying opportunities for new product initiatives founded in your knowledge of the technical landscape and web platform capabilities

Why You Will Love Working At Babylist

• We are a remote first company and invest in infrastructure you’ll need to be supported and successful: tools, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and a stipend to help you set up your office
• We build products that have a positive impact on millions of people’s lives
• We work at a sustainable pace w