Ashby

Staff Design Engineer - UK

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12 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement product features end to end, from problem research and wireframes through technical implementation and iteration.
  • Solve challenging UI and UX problems for a complex recruiting and HR software product.
  • Expand and enhance Ashby’s in-house design system with flexible, composable components.
  • Consult with Product Engineers on bespoke design work, information hierarchy, scannability, and visual quality.
  • Ship quickly, gather feedback from customers and internal users, and improve designs over time.
  • Run projects with substantial ownership, including writing product specifications, building wireframes, and coordinating relevant collaborators.

Requirements

  • Professional experience practicing Ashby’s blend of design engineering, whether or not under a formal Design Engineer title.
  • Major contributions to a design system and experience designing and implementing features used by hundreds of users.
  • Exceptional proficiency in the candidate’s primary discipline plus good proficiency in both design and engineering.
  • Excellent visual design taste and execution, with strong UI/UX and frontend implementation ability.
  • At minimum, good proficiency with TypeScript, React, and CSS; backend proficiency is a plus.
  • Ability to work with significant ownership, minimal process, thoughtful communication, and rapid iteration.
  • Experience with product design, shipping code, and incorporating user feedback.

Benefits

  • Remote, flexible working hours with a low-meeting, high-ownership culture.
  • Unlimited PTO, with the company encouraging employees to take meaningful vacation time.
  • At least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, potentially longer outside the US to meet regional requirements.
  • Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
  • $100/month education budget, with more expensive items such as conferences covered with manager approval.
  • $250/month tool budget plus access to Claude, Cursor, and Codex with generous token budgets.
  • Ten-year stock-option exercise window.
  • US employees receive health insurance for themselves and dependents with 100% of premiums covered; employees in other countries receive fully covered supplemental health insurance.
  • 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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