Software Engineer III, Fulfillment & Operations
Published on September 17, 2024
At Babylist, we help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby. Founded in 2011, Babylist is a popular baby gift registry in the US. We serve millions of families every year to help them make the journey to parenthood less overwhelming and more fun. Families can add any item from any store to their registry, including products Babylist directly sells, alongside meaningful gifts like babysitting and meals, which they can’t buy in stores. The baby retail market is underserved and Babylist is well positioned to be the trusted brand that helps new families through this monumental life stage. In the US alone, 4 million babies are born every year and we have over 1.5 million new families signing up to create a baby registry with us annually. This year, 10M loved ones will give the perfect gift using Babylist.
- Ruby on Rails
- AWS
- Sidekiq
- MySQL
- Redis
- React
- Native iOS and Android
- A high-performing engineer with experience delivering technical impact that drives 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 experience and are excited about further developing your craft and quality of work
- You have a passion for identifying gaps in team culture or execution and love driving impactful improvements
- You are a clear, friendly, and open-minded communicator
- Past experience in e-commerce fulfillment or supply chain is a big plus but not required
- Build the systems that will scale Babylist’s supply chain to $600M in revenue and beyond.
- Become a subject matter expert within our supply chain services. Help define how the services and features will grow and scale
- 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
- Share knowledge and expertise across the team. Socialize best practices/patterns in your areas of expertise with other members of the team
- Mentor team members through design and architecture planning, code reviews, and knowledge sharing sessions helping to grow and level up their skills
- You are an emerging leader that is passionate about further growing your skills and the capabilities of the engineers around you
- 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 are an antiracist organization and doing the work to support differences of all kinds
- 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