Responsibilities
- Work on the most challenging design problems in the product.
- Help improve designs by expanding and enhancing the in-house design system.
- Consult on bespoke design work needed by Product Engineers.
- Redesign mobile web app by talking with customers, wireframing new flows, implementing design system, and turning wireframes into reality.
- Build flexible, composable components in the design system for use across the product.
- Help Product Engineers improve information hierarchy and scannability of designs.
- Ship features end-to-end, from problem research to implementation.
- Write product specs and build wireframes as part of project ownership.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers while owning project execution.
Requirements
- 2+ years of continuous experience as an Engineer or Designer (for Mid/Senior level).
- Good proficiency in both Design and Engineering, with exceptional proficiency in the discipline practiced full-time.
- Experience designing products and shipping code to hundreds of users (including side projects).
- Excellent taste and execution in visual design.
- Ability to work independently with minimal process and high ownership.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and CSS.
- Ability to ship fast and iterate based on user feedback.
- Collaborative and kind team member who contributes to a positive team culture.
Nice to Have
- Proficiency with backend technologies (Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis) to reduce coordination needs.
- Experience contributing to or improving a design system.
- Experience iterating on features based on user feedback.
- Background in both UI/UX and Engineering with a portfolio showcasing visual taste and technical ability.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- 10-year exercise window for stock options.
- Unlimited PTO; encouraged to take it.
- Minimum of 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (longer outside US to align with regional requirements).
- Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
- Education budget: $100/month, with manager approval for more expensive items like conferences.
- Top-tier health insurance for US employees and dependents, 100% premium covered.
- High-quality supplemental health insurance fully covered for non-US employees and dependents.
- Equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.
- Fair and transparent hiring process.
- AI tools may be used in recruitment screening and assessment.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide) — Americas
Team
Team size: 5 to over 10 (doubling in next year). Structure: Design Engineering department led by VP of Engineering, works closely with CEO and Co-Founder.
Why You Shouldn’t Apply
- You only want to work on design systems exclusively.
- You like to do extensive research and user testing before implementation.
- You want everything to be perfect before it gets into a user’s hands.
- You don’t have excellent taste and execution in visual design.
- You need company-driven process and structure to complete projects.
- You’d rather focus only on design and technical details.
- You only want to do exciting work and avoid customer issues or investigations.
What Seniority/Level To Apply For
- Junior Design Engineer - No more than 2 years of industry experience as a designer or engineer. Projects should showcase visual taste and talent in both UI/UX and Engineering.
- Design Engineer (This Posting) - Covers Mid and Senior levels. 2+ years of continuous experience as an Engineer or Designer. Proficient in both disciplines, with exceptional skill in one.
- Staff Design Engineer - Practiced Design Engineering professionally. Made major contributions to a design system and designed and implemented features for hundreds of users, iterating via feedback.
What We’re Building
- Building intelligent and powerful software for Talent Acquisition (TA) teams to improve hiring efficiency.
- Creating software that automates or simplifies tasks like scheduling interviews, tracking interviewer preparation, and managing interview load.
- Developing software that provides insights into hiring failures and improves team productivity with fewer resources.
Engineering Culture
- Minimal process with ownership over decisions normally made by product and design.
- Natural collaboration and deliberate communication across time zones.
- Focus on building a diverse and inclusive team.
- Engineers run their own projects: research, write specs, build wireframes, implement end-to-end.
- Engineers communicate proactively with stakeholders and pull in help when needed.
- Focus time is sacred; engineers spend <2 hours per week in meetings.
Increase Leverage, not Team Size
- Investing in great developer tooling (CI/CD ~10m, deploy 15x/day).
- Debugger that works out of the box; everyone contributes to developer experience.
- Building blocks: analytics modeling/query language, policy engine, workflow engine, design system.
- Improvements to common components cascade throughout the app.
- AI-powered tooling to automate mundane tasks: auto-triage issues, suggest fixes, prototype, generate code, conduct reviews.
- Unlimited token budget for AI tools (not measured on usage).
Interview Process
- Introduction call with Abhik, VP of Engineering (30m, live). Prepare to screen-share work examples.
- Second round: either a technical screen (1h live) or a design take-home (~3h async + 30m live).
- Three interviews: deep dive into past design system/project, design system interview, and the non-chosen second-round component.
- 3-4 people from Design Engineering interviewed, with 5-15 minutes to ask questions each.
- No leetcode or whiteboard exercises.
- Written guidance provided for each round.
- Feedback provided if no offer is made.
Your First Three Months at Ashby
- Dev environment set up with a single script.
- Push first product change on day one.
- Ship increasing-scope changes: from copy edits to delivering a prominent feature.
- 30, 60, and 90-day reviews with manager for feedback and calibration.
- Peer pairing for questions, pair programming, and check-ins.
- Team-run training on culture, product, engineering process, and technical architecture.
Additional Information
- Candidates must be based in the Americas.
- Interviews include screen-sharing of work examples.
- No leetcode or whiteboard interviews.
- AI tools may be used in recruitment process.
- Onboarding includes single-script dev setup and day-one code contribution.
- Engineers expected to handle customer issues and investigations as part of team rotation.
- Team meets in person at least twice a year (department and company-wide).
- Small budget provided to meet team members locally.
