Senior Software Engineer, Fulfillment & Operations

Senior Software Engineer, Fulfillment & Operations

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.

What the Role Is

Babylist is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Fulfillment and Operations team with deep experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) like HighJump/Korber, Manhattan, Blue Yonder or any proprietary WMS to help us modernize and internalize our warehouse technology stack. This role is crucial as we seek to optimize our fulfillment operations. You'll be the first to build and grow this area of our team, so we're looking for a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, can work independently, and is excited to shape the future of our logistics technology. This role may require occasional travel to our Fulfillment Center in Ohio, approximately 1–2 times per year.

Who You Are

• A high-performing engineer with 6+ years experience delivering end to end solutions that drive business growth
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for our HighJump/Koerber WMS, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver and optimize key fulfillment center functionality
• Design, implement, and deploy solutions that improve fulfillment center efficiency
• Translate real-world fulfillment center challenges into technical requirements and map them to the HighJump/Koerber system, often with limited specifications
• Collaborate closely with our Technical Product Manager and in this domain to build solutions solving business-critical operational problems
• Extensive experience in SQL and Ruby on Rails
• Possess a growth mindset, excellent communication skills, and a hunger to learn new things

How You Will Make An Impact

• 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. You relish the opportunity to improve test coverage and delete thousands of lines of code
• Working in a close, supportive team solving real-world problems and making decisions
• Mentoring other team members through design and architecture planning, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
• Identifying opportunities for new product initiatives founded on your knowledge of the technical landscape and WMS 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 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, a generous paid parental leave policy, and 401k with company match
• 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 $186,818.00 to $224,183.00, 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, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.