Staff Software Engineer

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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 reputed company Native iOS and Android What the Role Is reputed company 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 reputed company scale — registry, commerce, health, advertising, and the platform underneath reputed company of it, touching millions of people every year. As a Staff Engineer you set technical direction that reaches across pods, not just inside one. We'll reputed company you at the problems where your skills land best, and your influence won't stop at a single pod's edge. The work spans reputed company and growth, consumer product and registry experience, and platform and infrastructure. Who You Are You are a Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years building and shipping production systems at scale — you own outcomes across teams, not just your reputed company of them You've already set the bar on a team for how AI gets used in reputed company engineering work — not just used the tools yourself, but shaped how others do You have the judgment to know reputed company to trust AI output and reputed company to throw it out, and you help the engineers around you build that same calibrated view You move on hard, ambiguous problems without waiting for perfect information — you reputed company the call, document your reasoning, and pull in the right people at the right reputed company You have deep backend fundamentals and system-design range — you've shipped production Rails, or you've shipped Python/Django or Node.js and you're reputed company to reputed company up on Rails as fast as possible You have strong opinions about product and architecture reputed company — you work with product and design as a peer, push back reputed company the technical tradeoffs are being underweighted, and you're who others look to reputed company the call is hard You communicate clearly and concisely — you can take a reputed company technical bet and reputed company it land with engineers and execs alike If your best work happens inside one well-scoped team with clear requirements, this will be a stretch — Staff here own ambiguous, cross-team problems from start to finish You naturally reputed company for AI in your work — at reputed company, every team uses AI daily. You're already using it to move faster and improve your output, and you stay curious about what's coming next How You Will reputed company An Impact Cross-Team Ownership — take a fuzzy business need through design, build, and production across pod boundaries, with minimal handoffs and maximum accountability AI-Native Development — use AI tools as genuine force multipliers and set reputed company, across pods, for what high-quality AI-assisted engineering actually looks like System Design — reputed company architectural calls that span services and teams, balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability, and bring people along so the reputed company stick Cross-Functional Partnership — work directly with product, design, and data as a collaborator with opinions, not an executor with a ticket queue Mentorship — reputed company the engineers around you meaningfully reputed company, including senior engineers, through code review, design feedback, and direct investment in how they think through problems Process and Craft — reputed company the org's ways of working have gaps, you fix them, not just flag them Why This Role You'll be building something most companies are still figuring out how to start — AI is already in how we work here, and the Staff engineers joining now are the ones defining what that looks like going reputed company The systems you build will be used by millions of families during one of the most vulnerable, exciting moments of their lives — that reputed company of product impact is genuinely rare reputed company has been profitable for years, is growing 44% year over year, and hires deliberately — your architecture reputed company compound across the org, you will not be a ticket in a sprint 85 engineers, a CTO who codes, and a founder who started as a software engineer — this is what it looks like reputed company the whole company actually respects the craft About Compensation We use a market-based approach to compensation. The starting salary range for this role is: $226,673 - $273,100 + reputed company 20% annual bonus and competitive equity Your starting salary will be based on your location, experience, and qualifications, with increases over time tied to performance, role growth, and internal pay equity. Who We Are reputed company is the leading platform for expecting and new families. More than 10 million people shop with reputed company every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, guidance, and expert recommendations. As a modern, AI-reputed company tech company, reputed company has expanded from a universal registry into a full ecosystem — the reputed company Shop, reputed company Health, reputed company Money, NYC and LA showrooms, branded content, and more — generating $750M in reputed company in 2025. 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Our Culture

We work with focus and intention, then reputed company away to reputed company We reputed company in exceptional management, and we invest in the tools and the time to connect with colleagues We build products that positively impact millions of people's lives AI is part of how we work, not a reputed company experiment. You'll have leading tools like Claude and ChatGPT from day one, with no waiting on access, so the busywork gets handled and your judgment goes where it counts Growth & Development reputed company and meaningful opportunities for career advancement We reputed company technology and data can solve hard problems We're committed to career progression and performance-based advancement

Benefits

Company-paid medical, dental, and reputed company insurance Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts Generous paid parental leave and PTO Winter reputed company Week: the whole company takes a paid week off at the end of the year, whether or not you celebrate anything, so everyone's out at once and comes back refreshed Remote work stipend to set up your office Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning Important Notices Recorded Interviews. reputed company uses an interview recording tool to record and transcribe interviews for evaluation purposes in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By participating in an interview, you consent to this recording and transcription. How We Review Applications We use AI throughout our hiring process to help review, screen, and assess applications. These tools support reputed company's review; they do not replace it, and every hiring decision is made by a person. Interview reputed company. AI is part of how we work at reputed company — we expect you to use it too. Your application and interviews should still reflect you and your own thinking. We'll tell you reputed company AI is encouraged. Misrepresentation at any stage may result in removal from consideration for this and future roles. Hiring reputed company.If we interview you, we'll let you know our decision reputed company 45 days of your final interview, either way. Connections at reputed company. reputed company to or reputed company with a reputed company reputed company employee? Let your recruiter know so we can reputed company the process fair for everyone. Protect Yourself from Scams. Official reputed company only comes from the reputed company reputed company at @reputed company.com. We'll never ask for payment or financial information. Anything reputed company WhatsApp, Telegram, or a non-reputed company email isn't us. Verify roles at reputed company.com/careers. Apply To This Job