Staff Software Engineer

How We Build Babylist is rebuilding how we make software around one belief: AI changes everything — how teams are structured, how decisions get made, how fast an idea becomes working software. Our engineers own problems end to end, work directly with product and design, and ship fast. When something isn't working, we throw it out and start over. Project failure and personal failure are not the same thing here. AI is as natural to our workflow as an IDE or version control. We use it to explore tradeoffs, pressure-test designs, and clear the routine work so our judgment goes where it actually counts. More velocity means more room for craft: better tests, stronger architecture, deeper customer understanding. We hold ourselves to a higher bar because of AI, not in spite of it. We're writing this playbook in real time. If you've already changed how you work because of AI, and you care more about shipping something great than following a prescribed process, let's talk. Our Tech Stack Ruby on Rails React AWS Sidekiq MySQL Redis Native iOS and Android What the Role Is Babylist is hiring Staff Software Engineers to join an 85-person engineering org building a $1B+ GMV marketplace for new and expecting families. The systems you'll shape run at real scale — registry, commerce, health, advertising, and the platform underneath all of it, touching millions of people every year. As a Staff E...