Senior Software Engineer, iOS

Babylist • Reston, VA

12h • Remote

About The Position

Babylist is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join our growing mobile team. You’ll be an integral part of shaping and enhancing the registry building and shopping experience as Babylist becomes the specialty retailer in baby commerce. Our platform provides parents-to-be with a carefully curated selection of baby essentials, personalized recommendations, and a seamless shopping experience — and the iOS app is how millions of families interact with all of it. Collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and full-stack engineers, you’ll contribute to building the foundation of our business. Your work will directly shape an app used by millions of users, ensuring it delivers a user-friendly, efficient, and delightful experience for parents preparing for the arrival of their new baby.
We’re looking for builders — engineers who are excited about solving hard problems, moving fast, and helping invent what AI-first mobile development looks like at Babylist. Role lines blur here intentionally: you’ll contribute to architectural decisions, collaborate across product areas, and be expected to bring ideas, not just execute specs.

Requirements

• A high-performing engineer with 6+ years of iOS development experience and a strong understanding of the capabilities, limitations, and intricacies of the iOS platform
• Proven experience in iOS app development using Swift and a deep understanding of its syntax, features, and best practices
• Familiarity with Foundation, UIKit, CoreAnimation, Auto Layout, and other foundational Apple frameworks. Hands-on experience building UIKit components in code and have worked closely with designers in tools like Figma
• A passion for building consumer-facing products or e-commerce solutions — you understand the importance of delivering an exceptional user experience and are motivated to create engaging, intuitive iOS apps
• Familiarity with iOS frameworks, architecture, and design patterns — including MVC and other architectural patterns — and can leverage them to build scalable, maintainable iOS applications
• Thrive in a quickly growing environment and are excited to lead business-critical projects and unlock new capabilities
• Experience testing, monitoring, and running production software and are focused on continuing to grow your skills
• A passion for identifying gaps in team processes or execution and love driving impactful improvements
• Pays close attention to detail
• Actively use AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar) as part of your daily workflow, bring the architectural judgment to know when to trust AI-generated code and when to course-correct, and are comfortable with a higher experimentation rate — including bets that don’t pan out

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle of the Babylist iOS app — conceptualizing, designing, building, and maintaining features that deliver a seamless, delightful user experience
• Optimize app performance by identifying areas for improvement, refining code, and employing techniques that keep interactions fast and responsive
• Partner closely with designers, product managers, and full-stack engineers to translate requirements into intuitive, visually polished interfaces and align on architecture and API design
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following industry best practices — setting the standard for quality and keeping the codebase healthy long-term
• Leverage testing techniques, unit tests, and debugging tools to proactively catch and resolve issues before they reach users
• Lead the team in adopting AI-first development approaches — using AI tooling to accelerate code quality, speed up refactoring and test creation, and raise the bar on what’s possible. As a Senior Engineer, that includes knowing when AI-generated code needs architectural correction, not just acceptance
• Mentor other team members through design and architecture planning, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
• Show up as a collaborative, engaged team member — contributing ideas, shaping the direction of the iOS app, and making the team better through your insight and presence

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and bonus opportunities
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts
• Generous paid parental leave and PTO
• Remote work stipend to set up your office
• Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed