Requirements
- You don’t enjoy coding or don’t find time to stay up-to-date on technology.
- You follow the rules and accept the hand you’ve been dealt.
- You went into management because it was the only growth path available.
- You're happy with a team of engineers who are predominantly early-career or mid-career or don't thrive with ownership or autonomy.
- You believe that with enough guardrails, the team can get things done.
- You don’t believe staff and principal engineers could lead by the example they set or the leverage they create through their work.
- You’re not optimistic or convinced that we can build a large engineering team that functions differently from the status quo.
- You think, at some size, common processes need to be implemented to ensure consistent product delivery (e.g., sprint planning, product managers writing in-depth specifications).
- You might not say it out loud, but you think, at some size, compromises have to be made for the sake of hiring numbers or consistency.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- 10-year exercise window for stock options.
- Unlimited PTO.
- A minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, covered by Ashby.
- Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
- $100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval.
- Top-tier health insurance for you and your dependents, with 100% of premiums covered by Ashby.
Team
Team size: 50 engineers. Structure: multiple teams and a variety of specializations, from Product Engineers to Site Reliability Engineers to Design Engineers
Additional Information
- You’ll be an important part of figuring out how to scale these methods from 50 engineers to 100 and beyond.
- We do it through: Minimal process with ownership over decisions normally made by product and design Natural collaboration and deliberate communication Investing in tools and abstractions that give us leverage Putting effort into building a diverse team.
- We combine this with research, prototyping, and written proposals to see around corners and get feedback from the team across time zones.
- Focus time is something that we hold sacred, and, with thoughtful and deliberate communication, engineers are in <2h meetings per week (I wrote about it here).
- You also have a small budget to meet up with folks in your city/region.
- We are taking conscious steps to improve, like sourcing diverse candidates, providing generous paid family leave, no leetcode interviews, and more.
