Part-Time
Nanny / Babysitter
Sittercity
1,001-5,000 employees
Platform linking families with in-home care
Compensation Overview
$15 - $25/hr
Chicago, IL, USA
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- The candidate must be at least 18 years old.
- The candidate must have at least one year of child care experience, including babysitting, nannying, tutoring, camps, or daycare.
- The candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
- The candidate must have reliable transportation, including a personal car, public transit, or rideshare.
- The candidate must be dependable, responsible, and have strong communication skills.
- Supervise and participate in age-appropriate activities.
- Prepare simple meals or snacks.
- Help with bedtime routines for evening jobs.
- Perform light cleanup related to child care.
- Follow family instructions and household routines.
Sittercity is a digital platform that helps families in the United States find local, in-home caregivers for children, seniors, and pets. Families sign up for premium memberships to access a broader set of services and features, and the platform also runs an affiliate program for earning commissions by recruiting new members. The service works by users creating profiles, browsing caregiver listings (babysitters, nannies, senior caregivers, and pet sitters), and booking care through the platform, with a focus on safety and reliability supported by a dedicated team. Sittercity differentiates itself through its broad in-home care scope (covering kids, seniors, and pets), subscription-based access to more features, and a large network that enables over 400,000 connections annually, all backed by Bright Horizons. The overarching goal is to make it easy for families to find trusted care providers and secure dependable in-home care.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$35.1M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2001
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sittercity updated trust-and-safety pages in August 2026, showing active product investment.
- Premium members can buy Checkr checks, and corporate users get unlimited basics.
- Military OneSource access and employer memberships broaden low-friction acquisition channels.
What critics are saying
- February 2026 West Bloomfield charges tied a Sittercity-hired nanny to child sexual abuse.
- Background checks are not automatic; families must rerun them, leaving stale screening gaps.
- Free browsing and weak switching costs invite Care.com and UrbanSitter to outcompete.
What makes Sittercity unique
- Bright Horizons owns Sittercity, pairing care marketplace with employer benefits distribution.
- Persona identity verification and Checkr background checks create a structured trust stack.
- Corporate memberships offer unlimited basic checks, strengthening employer channel adoption.
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Flexible Work Hours
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6 month growth
↑ 9%1 year growth
↑ 9%2 year growth
↑ 9%Sittercity has partnered with GTM Payroll Services to help you remove the risks, hassles, and worries from nanny taxes and payroll.
There are resources designed to help parents identify and hire the right caregiver, like Sittercity, which recently launched a free Planning Assistant tool to help determine the type of child care that best supports the needs of individual families, where to find it, and how to ask for it.