Software Engineer, Babylist

• A high-performing engineer with 4+ years of experience delivering end to end solutions that drive business growth
• You have a track record of showcasing a high level of ownership and a bias for action
• You thrive in a quickly growing environment and are excited to lead business critical projects to unlock new capabilities
• You have experience testing, monitoring and running a production software system and are focused on continuing to grow your skills
• You are a talented programmer with Ruby on Rails or backend Javascript experience and are excited about further developing your craft and quality of work
• You have a passion for identifying gaps in team processes or execution and love driving impactful improvements
• You are a clear, friendly, and open-minded communicator
• Past experience in NetSuite or e-commerce is a plus but not required

• Babylist is looking for a passionate Backend Software Engineer III to join our Fulfillment & Operations Engineering team, which is central to scaling the systems behind our growing ecommerce and supply chain operations
• In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with experienced engineers, product managers, and supply chain stakeholders to build and optimize backend systems that power intelligent order routing, accurate delivery estimates, and cost-effective shipping solutions
• You’ll tackle technically rich, high-scale challenges that directly impact customer satisfaction and business growth
• This is a unique opportunity to make an immediate, measurable impact within a mission-driven company that values thoughtful engineering, modern technology, and team collaboration
• Work closely with product managers to design, implement and deploy systems to support and scale our fulfillment & operations solutions that will help scale Babylist into a $1B enterprise and beyond
• 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
• Work closely with our Product team to create new features in our supply chain including enhancements to order routing, inventory distribution, inbound logistics, outbound delivery and returns
• Improve and help maintain existing systems. Friction in the development process slows us down and has a large opportunity cost. We see value in taking time to create maintainable systems and remove hurdles from the development process
• Work 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
• You are an emerging leader that is passionate about further growing your skills and the capabilities of the engineers around you

• 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.