Who We Are
Babylist is the leading registry, e-commerce, and content platform for growing families. More than 9 million people shop with Babylist every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, trusted guidance, and expert product recommendations for new parents and the people who love them. What began as a universal registry has grown into a full ecosystem for new parents, including the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, and a flagship showroom in Los Angeles. Hundreds of brands in baby and beyond partner with Babylist to engage meaningfully with families during one of life’s most important transitions. With over $1 billion in annual GMV, and more than $500 million in 2024 revenue, Babylist is reshaping the $320 billion baby product industry. We’re helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for at every step. As we build the generational brand in baby, our mission remains simple: to connect growing families with everything they need to thrive.To learn more, visit www.babylist.com.
Our Ways of Working
Babylist thrives as a remote-first company, with HQ team members located across the U.S. and Canada. We meet in person twice a year—once as a company and once by department to strengthen the relationships that power our work. We show up consistently, stay purpose-driven, and achieve results —together, from anywhere.
Our Tech Stack
- Ruby on Rails
- React
- AWS
- Sidekiq
- MySQL
- Redis
- Native iOS and Android
What the Role Is
Babylist is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer III to join our Commerce team. This team owns Babylist’s global shopping experience, helping users build the best registry with products that truly fit their needs. The team also manages the infrastructure that powers purchasing products directly from Babylist. Key product areas include Registry, Babylist Shop, Cart, and Checkout.
As a Software Engineer, you will work with our product and design teams to shape new product initiatives and deliver on new functionality.
Who You Are
- A high-performing engineer with 3+ years of experience and a proven track record of delivering end-to-end solutions that drive business growth
- Thrive in a rapidly growing environment and are excited to lead business-critical projects that unlock new capabilities
- A talented engineer with experience in Ruby on Rails and React, eager to further develop your craft and the quality of your work
- Possess a growth mindset, excellent communication skills, and a hunger to learn new things
- Experience in e-commerce or consumer applications is a plus but not required
- Able to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, with a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Capable of strong execution, shaping and delivering small projects independently, and have good systems thinking
How You Will Make An Impact
- Work closely with product managers and design to implement and deploy systems to support and scale user shopping experiences, research and recommendation, personalizing and extending the Registry experience
- 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. We see value in taking time to create maintainable systems and remove hurdles from the development process
- Working in a close, supportive team solving real world problems and making decisions
Why You Will Love Working At Babylist
- 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
- AI plays a meaningful role in how we work, create, and scale—intentionally embedded in our tools, systems, and decision-making to support innovation and real impact
- 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
Babylist follows a market-based approach to compensation, with pay varying based on location, experience, and qualifications. In compliance with applicable pay transparency laws, the starting salary range for this role is CAD $135,250.00 to $169,000.00, representing the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably expect to offer for this position.
Your starting salary within this range will be determined based on your skills, experience, and work location, with future adjustments informed by role growth, performance, and internal pay equity. Babylist is committed to supporting career progression and recognizes the value of performance-based advancement
In addition to competitive pay, Babylist offers equity, bonus opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package, including company-paid health, dental, flexible spending accounts, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
Important Notices
Interview Process & Data Use
To support a fair and consistent hiring process, Babylist uses AI to transcribe all interviews. Transcripts are confidential and used solely for evaluation purposes, in accordance with data privacy laws such as CCPA and GDPR. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.
Official Communication
All communication regarding your application will come only from the Babylist Talent Team via an @babylist.com email address. We will never request payment, bank information, or personal financial details. Be cautious of fraudulent outreach via non-company email addresses, messaging platforms (e.g., WhatsApp, Telegram), or unsolicited phone calls. To verify legitimate opportunities, visit our careers page.
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