Staff Software Engineer, Babylist
Site Reliability
$159.4-239k
+ Bonus & Equity
React
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Redis
iOS
Android
Sidekiq
Terraform
Sentry
Jenkins
MySQL
Ruby on Rails
Datadog
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
More information about location
Online universal baby registry
Be an early applicant
Online universal baby registry
501-1000 employees
B2CMarketplaceConsumer GoodseCommerce
Be an early applicant
$159.4-239k
+ Bonus & Equity
React
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Redis
iOS
Android
Sidekiq
Terraform
Sentry
Jenkins
MySQL
Ruby on Rails
Datadog
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
More information about location
501-1000 employees
B2CMarketplaceConsumer GoodseCommerce
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role, demonstrating a strong background in maintaining highly available and scalable systems
- Experience supporting high-traffic consumer-facing websites, understanding the unique challenges and considerations in maintaining such systems
- Proficiency with Terraform is a must, as you will be a member of the team responsible for managing and building our AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
- You possess strong experience working with AWS cloud-based infrastructure and services, ensuring their reliability, performance, and security
- Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes is essential, as you will contribute to the design, deployment, and management of containerized applications in our environment
- You have a solid understanding of cloud-native systems design, including CDNs, load balancers, cloud networking, DNS, caching, and distributed systems
- Troubleshooting and debugging are second nature to you, allowing you to quickly identify and resolve issues across various environments
- Experience designing and supporting CI systems such as CircleCI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
- You are familiar with monitoring and alerting best practices, utilizing tools like Datadog, Cronitor, Sentry, and PagerDuty to ensure proactive identification and resolution of issues
- Proven experience in on-call management best practices, including effective incident response, escalation procedures, and post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement and ensure system reliability
- You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- Babylist is looking for both a Staff and Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability to join our Platform team. In this position, you will play a vital role in ensuring our systems and services' stability, scalability, and reliability
- You will work closely with all Babylist Engineering teams to support shared infrastructure and developer tools. Your expertise in site reliability engineering, AWS cloud infrastructure, and modern DevOps practices will be instrumental in optimizing our systems and driving continuous improvement
- Manage and build our AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform. You will ensure that our EKS clusters and databases are running up-to-date versions, optimizing performance and reliability
- Improve the speed and reliability of our Continuous Integration (CI) systems to support the entire Engineering Team, enabling faster and more efficient development and deployment processes
- Provide support to developers in troubleshooting issues across local development, staging, and production environments
- Establish, communicate, and support best practices for monitoring and alerting. This will involve setting up effective monitoring systems and defining actionable alerts for proactive incident management
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 immense growth of the company as well as speaking to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past which fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms, and facilitated the company's expansion further into the market. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision to combine the companies into a larger health and wellness media property, that can help people navigate all parts of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist
Insights
Led by a woman
Top investors
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 values
- We Love Our Users: This is our superpower. We listen to our users relentlessly to earn their trust and find better and better ways to support them as they tackle this thing called parenthood.
- Eye on the Horizon: We are building a lasting business by focusing on the long term for our users. Day-to-day we focus on what's directly in front of us with an eye on what's ahead. We are prepared to go against what is popular or trendy at the moment in order to serve our longer-term goals. We keep one eye on the horizon with the right mix of data, intuition, and user understanding to validate our decisions.
- Always Be Learning: We approach things with a growth mindset as individuals and as a company. We believe high performance comes from curiosity and an eagerness to find ways to improve. We foster an environment where everyone can feel comfortable asking hard questions in order to learn. We are resilient.
- Intentionally Focused: In order to do hard things, we must work on the most important things first. We see the biggest impact when we simplify problems and solutions and pare back any distractions.
- Be Your Own CEO: As a remote company, we must approach our work with ownership and accountability. To have the impact we want to have, we need to excel at management, execution, and communication. We are excited and engaged with the work we do. We understand the broader context of our work and make decisions that support those efforts. We take responsibility and deliver.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Articles
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
Diversity & Inclusion at Babylist
- Babylist is committed to anti-racism and inclusivity. It’s their mission to create a supportive and inclusive community for parents of all kinds, and equally important to create a supportive and inclusive environment for Babylist employees.
- We educate employees about and give them the words to challenge microaggressions because language is a powerful indicator of belonging.
- We create a safe place for people to investigate their own blind spots and racism that come from growing up in a racist society.
- We commit to challenging our own biases and those of people around us.
- We construct our company programs and processes to screen and correct for bias and unintended impact on underrepresented groups.
- We use our reach and our resources to support those who are doing anti-racist work that benefits our users and communities.
- We commit to dismantling systemic racism in the ways that it creeps into corporate structures:
- We interview manager candidates for diversity, equity and inclusion aptitude so everyone has a manager who supports their sense of belonging. If the candidate doesn’t pass, they won’t be hired.
- We articulate our anti-racist stance in our onboarding program so it’s clear where we stand.
- We survey the team annually to make sure we understand inclusivity and belongingness at Babylist.
- We measure the efforts of our DEI programs so we know if they’re working and can set objective goals to fix them if they’re not.
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