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Babylist - Oakland, CA | Full Time | ONSITE

At Babylist, we make having your first baby less overwhelming, more creative, sustainable, and most importantly more delightful. We have a large and rapidly growing user base of passionate parents-to-be who are making important purchasing decisions for one of the biggest events in their lives. We help parents-to-be in a time that's both exciting and stressful.

Our core product is our universal baby registry. Currently 20% of first-time expecting families in the United States actually create a baby registry at Babylist.com. We are expanding our reach through fantastic content and our own e-commerce.

Senior Software Engineer: Our backend/API are powered by Ruby on Rails, and front-end is driven by React/Redux. You would join an excellent product team of 4 software engineers, 1 designer, and 1 product manager.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of engineering experience with a proven track record of building consumer web applications or services.

- Expert-level fluency in at least one of Ruby, Javascript, Python, or another modern programming language.

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field preferred. You should be able to demonstrate superior understanding of CS fundamentals

- Experience designing and implementing scalable web services

- Experience with React/Redux a plus

I'd love to tell you more over the phone or in person. Contact me at august[at]babylist.com or see our jobs page for other open positions - https://babylist.com/jobs



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