Senior Software Engineer, Android

Who We Are

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 Tik Tok followers, Babylist is a generational brand leading the $88 billion baby product industry.

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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

• Our Android application is 100% Kotlin
• Android Room
• OkHttp / Retrofit
• Kotlin Coroutines / Flow
• Ruby on Rails REST API

What the Role Is

Babylist is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Android to join and lead on our mobile team. This team is responsible for the core experiences of our users through their new parent journey with Babylist. You’ll work with expert Product Managers, Design, and software engineers to build out the experience that is the core of our business and execute other key initiatives.

What You'll Do

• You’ll build exciting new features and experiences in an app that people love. Our Android app is used by hundreds of thousands of delighted users -- that’s why it’s so highly rated on Google Play!
• You’ll collaborate with our product, design, and mobile development teams to build first class experiences.
• You’ll build features in a modern Android app with low levels of technical debt.
• You’ll own, manage, triage, and fix crashes and bugs so our users can focus on the important stuff -- getting ready for a new addition to their family.
• You’ll collaborate with our full-stack engineers to design APIs.
• You’ll manage platform and infrastructure projects to ensure our app is staying stable and up to date.
• You’ll test and manage deployments to the Google Play Store.

Who You Are

• You’re confident in the Android ecosystem and are familiar with modern Android tools and frameworks.
• You find pride in shipping code that’s clean, DRY, and well-tested.
• You take ownership of your project, from technical planning and implementation to testing and deployment.
• You enjoy partnering up with product and design teams to deliver a great user experience.
• You have the confidence to communicate something technical to a non-technical team member. You know how to cut out the jargon and talk to others like human beings.
• You know how to roll up your sleeves. We like systems that run well, but when things don't go as planned we support each other.

What You've Done

• 8+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years of experience shipping real-world production Android applications.
• Experience with Kotlin or Java (Kotlin preferred)
• You should be able to demonstrate a concrete understanding of CS fundamentals and Android best practices.
• Experience with Android libraries like Android X/Jetpack, Room, Kotlin Coroutines, Retrofit
• Familiarity with modern Android best practices and frameworks, like Model-View-View Model (MVVM) and Kotlin Flow.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies like Compose is a plus!
• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails or API design is a plus!

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…