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 TikTok followers, Babylist is a generational brand leading the $88 billion baby product industry. To learn about Babylist’s registry options, editorial content, and more, visit 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-ViewModel (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 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 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 Babylist takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. The estimated pay range for this role is CAD $158,500.00 - $237,500.00 In addition, Babylist offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including company paid health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. SMS Consent : As part of our hiring process, Babylist may offer the option to receive text message updates about your application and interview scheduling. You will have the opportunity to opt in or out of SMS communications later in the application process. Choosing not to receive SMS messages will not affect your application status, and communication will continue via email or phone. Message and Data Rates may apply. You can STOP messaging by sending STOP and get more help by sending HELP. To view our Privacy Policy, please visit . 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