Staff Software Engineer, Commerce

Babylist; Canada; Remote; CAD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance the global shopping experience for expecting parents. This pivotal role involves collaborating with product and design teams, driving system improvements, and displaying technical leadership within the Commerce team, all while enjoying a strong focus on work-life balance and a remote-first culture.

Benefits

Company paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid parental leave policy

Office setup stipend

Flexible spending account

Wellbeing perks for physical, mental, and emotional health

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-stack software development experience.
• Exceptional communication skills for technical ideas.
• Proven experience in improving system design and software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deploy systems for registry and Shop experiences.
• Lead efforts to improve tooling and software architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance within the Commerce team.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

React

AI developer tooling

system design

monolithic architecture

collaboration

Tools

AWS

MySQL

Redis

Native iOS and Android

Job description

Babylist is the trusted platform for millions of growing families. For over a decade, Babylist has been the technology solution for expecting parents and the community that supports them, expanding from baby registry into a full-service platform that helps parents make decisions with confidence, stay connected, and build happy and healthy families. Every year Babylist helps over 9M people make purchases through its registry, app, ecommerce shop, and comprehensive product guides. The Babylist ecosystem now includes Babylist Health, which provides access to products and services including insurance-covered breast pumps, Expectful, a new voice in health and wellness for pre-pregnancy through postpartum care, and The Push, a branded content studio that works with the biggest companies in the baby space. With over 59M monthly pageviews and 1.2M TikTok followers, Babylist is a generational brand leading the $88 billion baby product industry. To learn about Babylist’s registry options, editorial content, and more, visitwww.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.

• React
• Ruby on Rails
• AWS
• MySQL
• Redis
• Native iOS and Android

What the Role Is

Babylist is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Commerce team. This team is responsible for the Babylist’s global shopping experience that our users crave in order to build the best registry with the products for them, alongside owning the infrastructure that supports purchasing products directly from Babylist. Product areas include Registry, Babylist Shop, Cart, and Checkout.

As a Staff Software Engineer you will work with our product and design teams to shape new product initiatives and deliver on complex new functionality. Additionally, you will work with your staff level peers across our engineering org to understand systemic bottlenecks, design architectural improvements, and roll them out with your team.

Who You Are

• 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

How You Will Make An Impact

• 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

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
• 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 takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location.

The estimated pay range for this role is CAN $180,000.00 - $225,000.00

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.

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