Senior Software Engineer, Babylist

• A high-performing engineer with 6+ years experience delivering end to end solutions that drive business growth
• An exceptional problem solver
• Skilled and experienced in Ruby on Rails and React
• Able to deliver elegant, effective software solutions in a timely manner
• A clear, friendly, and open-minded communicator
• Passionate about making measurable improvements for our customers, and using data to drive growth

• Babylist is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Registry engineering team
• As part of the 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
• You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and other teams to execute these key initiatives
• Provide thought leadership around process, tooling, systems, and software architecture. We benefit by more knowledge and learning how others solve problems. You will feel excited to bring in new ways of solving problems
• 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
• Work closely with product owners to design, implement and deploy systems to support and scale user shopping experiences, research and recommendation, personalizing and extending the Registry experience
• 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
• Identifying opportunities for new product initiatives founded on your knowledge of the technical landscape and web platform capabilities

• HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
• PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
• PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
• FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
• HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
• BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.

Total funding: $40m

Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.