Ashby

Design Engineer, Canada

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10 months ago
Remote, Canada +3 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Tackle challenging product design problems and implement solutions in code.
  • Expand and enhance Ashby’s in-house design system and create flexible, composable components.
  • Consult with engineers and help improve information hierarchy, scannability, and other design decisions.
  • Research customer problems, write product specifications, build wireframes, and deliver solutions end to end.
  • Build approachable products for beginners while supporting customization and mastery by power users.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Infrastructure engineers, and other stakeholders with minimal process.
  • Ship product changes that improve the productivity of talent acquisition teams.

Requirements

  • Ability to design and build software, including creating wireframes, prototypes, and production implementations.
  • Strong product thinking, technical design, debugging, abstraction, and learning fundamentals.
  • Ability to take ownership of projects from problem research and product specifications through implementation.
  • Ability to collaborate naturally, communicate deliberately, and provide or receive design feedback.
  • Previous experience with Ashby’s technology stack is not required; an affinity for typed languages is helpful.
  • Candidates participate in pair programming, collaborative product and technical specification exercises, and interviews covering product thinking, technical design, and infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity are offered, with a 10-year exercise window for stock options.
  • Unlimited PTO is offered and employees are encouraged to take it.
  • At least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave is provided, with potentially longer leave outside the US based on regional requirements.
  • Generous budgets are provided for equipment, software, and office furniture.
  • A $100/month education budget is provided, with more expensive items such as conferences covered with manager approval.
  • US employees receive fully covered health insurance for themselves and dependents; employees elsewhere receive fully covered supplemental health insurance.
  • The team meets in person at least twice a year, once as a department and once as a company, with a small budget for regional meetups.
  • The role includes a structured 30-, 60-, and 90-day onboarding review process, peer pairing, and team training sessions.

Tech Stack

GraphQLiOSKotlinNode.jsPostgreSQLReactRedisSwiftTypeScriptWindows
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About Ashby

501-1,000 employees

Ashby builds an all-in-one recruiting platform—applicant tracking, scheduling, sourcing, and analytics—for talent acquisition teams at scaling companies. It sells the software as a SaaS subscription with integrations across common HR systems. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company lists customers such as Snowflake, Reddit, Notion, and Deel.

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