Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Babylist's Commerce team as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to the development and scaling of our global shopping experience. Work closely with product and design teams to build new features and improve existing systems. You will leverage your expertise in Ruby on Rails and React to deliver end-to-end solutions. As a technical leader, you will mentor other engineers and contribute to architectural improvements. This role offers opportunities for career advancement and a collaborative, remote-first work environment. Babylist provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and a focus on work-life balance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack software development
• You excel as a high-performing engineer, consistently delivering end-to-end solutions that contribute to business growth
• A skilled engineer proficient in Ruby on Rails and React, you are enthusiastic about advancing your craft and elevating the quality of your work
• You bring proven experience with AI developer tooling and are passionate about advancing AI-augmented development practices
• You have proven experience with system design and monolithic architecture
• Your communication skills are exceptional, allowing you to convey technical ideas at a detailed level and translate complex non-technical stakeholder needs into precise technical requirements
• Your dedication extends to helping others; you enjoy identifying growth and ownership opportunities for fellow engineers, and providing constructive feedback directly
• You lean heavily into collaboration with Product, Design, and other non-technical counterparts

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product owners to design, implement and deploy systems to support and scale our registry and Shop 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
• Take on a pivotal role in providing technical leadership within the Commerce team, setting high standards for technical excellence, offering guidance on best practices, and actively contributing to technical planning and implementation
• As an emerging leader, you are dedicated to continuous skill enhancement and are passionate about elevating the capabilities of the engineers around you
• Identify opportunities for new product initiatives founded in your knowledge of the technical landscape and web platform capabilities

Benefits

• We invest in the 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 which means work/life balance is a real thing here
• We believe technology and data can solve hard problems
• We believe in exceptional management
• We offer competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• We have great benefits like company paid medical, dental, and vision and a generous paid parental leave policy
• We care about employee wellbeing with perks for physical, mental and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning
• In addition, Babylist offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including company paid health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies