Senior Mobile Engineer, Babylist
Health
$193.8-232.6k
+ Equity and bonus opportunities
Online universal baby registry
Be an early applicant
Online universal baby registry
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$193.8-232.6k
+ Equity and bonus opportunities
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- You build production-quality iOS or Android apps in Swift or Kotlin — you have deep expertise in one platform and solid working knowledge of the other, and you can speak fluently to the tradeoffs between them
- You're fluent in mobile architecture patterns — MVVM, MVC, and others — and you reach for the right one based on what you're building, not habit
- You know your platform's UI frameworks well — SwiftUI and/or Jetpack Compose, UIKit, Auto Layout, Jetpack libraries — and you build components in code, not just configure them
- You've shipped consumer-facing mobile products to real users and you care about what the experience feels like, not just whether the tests pass
- You've partnered closely with designers — you know how to read a Figma file, push back when something won't work on mobile, and close the gap between design intent and implementation
- You collaborate naturally with backend and full-stack engineers — you have opinions about API design and you're not afraid to say so
- You naturally reach for AI in your work — at Babylist, every team uses AI daily. You're already using it to move faster and improve your output, and you stay curious about what's coming next
What the job involves
- Babylist is looking for a passionate Senior Mobile Engineer to join our Babylist Health and Education team
- Launched in October 2022, Babylist Health provides a user-friendly and transparent way for people to purchase breast pumps and breast pump accessories through insurance
- We are now embarking on an exciting new initiative to bring education to families, offering resources, classes, and content to help them prepare for and navigate parenthood
- As a Senior Mobile Engineer, you will be an integral part of shaping and enhancing this experience, collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to build intuitive, high-quality mobile apps used by millions of users
- You will lead business-critical projects, make important decisions about how our systems grow and scale, and work on new strategic initiatives to expand our health and education offerings as we grow this business
- Build and ship features across the Babylist iOS and Android apps — you own the full development lifecycle on your work, from spec to production
- Lead the mobile build-out of Babylist's new education experience — classes, content, and resources for families preparing for parenthood
- Drive performance improvements on both platforms — you identify the bottlenecks, not just the symptoms
- Write clean, testable, maintainable code and hold the bar for the team around you — not just in your own PRs
- Translate complex requirements into intuitive interfaces in partnership with your PM and designer — you're in the room when decisions get made, not handed specs after the fact
- Collaborate with full-stack engineers on API design and architecture — you bring the mobile-first perspective to cross-platform decisions
- Why This Role:
- Babylist Health is an already-profitable business — you're not building an MVP hoping it finds product-market fit, you're scaling something that works
- The education expansion is net-new — you'll shape the mobile architecture for a product area that doesn't exist yet
- Small team means your decisions carry real weight — you're not in a queue, you're in the room
- The Babylist mobile codebase is actively maintained and modern — you won't spend your first six months cleaning up debt before you can ship anything real
Our take
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.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the company's immense growth and speaks to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past, which has fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms and further expanded the company's presence. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision of combining the two companies into a larger health and wellness media property that can help people navigate all aspects of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
67% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- 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.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(Founder & CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
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