Ashby

Staff Design Engineer - Americas

Ashby
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12 months ago
Remote, United States +8 moreStaff+

Base Salary

$232k - $323k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement product features end-to-end, including research, product specifications, wireframes, UI implementation, launch, and iteration.
  • Solve complex UX and visual-design problems across Ashby’s recruiting and HR software product.
  • Expand and enhance the in-house design system with flexible, composable components.
  • Consult with Product Engineers on bespoke design work, information hierarchy, scannability, and user experience.
  • Own projects with minimal process while collaborating with Product Managers, Designers, Infrastructure, and other engineers.
  • Participate in customer issue investigations and continuously improve shipped experiences through user feedback.

Requirements

  • Professional experience practicing Ashby’s form of Design Engineering, whether or not under a formal Design Engineer title.
  • Major contributions to a design system and experience designing and implementing features for hundreds of users and iterating based on feedback.
  • Good proficiency in both design and engineering, with exceptional proficiency in the discipline practiced full-time.
  • At minimum, good proficiency with TypeScript, React, and CSS.
  • Backend technology proficiency is a plus.
  • Strong visual-design taste, excellent execution, and ability to work independently with substantial ownership.

Benefits

  • Remote, low-meeting work environment with flexible self-managed hours.
  • Unlimited paid time off with encouragement to use it.
  • At least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, potentially longer outside the US according to regional requirements.
  • Generous equipment, software, and office-furniture budget.
  • $100 per month education budget, with larger expenses such as conferences covered with manager approval.
  • $250 per month tool budget plus access to Claude, Cursor, and Codex with generous token budgets.
  • Fully covered health insurance premiums for US employees and dependents, with fully covered supplemental health insurance in other countries.
  • Competitive salary and equity, including a 10-year stock-option exercise window.
  • In-person department and company meetings at least twice a year, plus a small regional meetup budget.

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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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