A company building intelligent and powerful software to improve productivity for talent teams

Ashby is seeking a Design Engineer to join their team in a unique role that combines both design and engineering capabilities. This position, championed by Co-Founder and VP of Engineering Abhik, allows professionals to both design and build software solutions. The role focuses on tackling challenging design problems while helping others improve their designs through the company's in-house design system.

The company culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and thoughtful communication, with engineers spending less than 4 hours per week in meetings. Ashby values increasing leverage through great developer tooling and building blocks rather than simply growing team size. Engineers are given full ownership of projects from user research to implementation.

The tech stack includes TypeScript, React, SASS modules, Stitches, Apollo GraphQL, Node.js, Postgres, and Redis. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in frontend engineering or design, with significant experience in design systems. The company offers competitive compensation, including equity, unlimited PTO, family leave, and comprehensive benefits.

Ashby's mission is to improve productivity for talent teams through intelligent and powerful software. They have strong financial backing from YCombinator and other investors, with a focus on building products that are approachable to beginners but powerful for advanced users. The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, with 26% of engineers from underrepresented groups and ongoing initiatives to improve these numbers.

Senior Design Engineer role combining frontend development and design system expertise, offering remote work in the UK with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Design Engineer - UK

Ashby is seeking a Staff-level Design Engineer to join their engineering team, focusing on combining frontend development expertise with design capabilities. This unique role allows engineers to both design and build, breaking away from traditional specialization constraints. The position requires at least 5 years of experience in frontend engineering or design systems work.

The role involves tackling complex design challenges, enhancing the company's in-house design system, and consulting on bespoke projects. Recent accomplishments include redesigning the mobile web app, building flexible component systems, and improving information hierarchy for user interfaces. The company emphasizes a collaborative culture with thoughtful communication, maintaining less than 4 hours of meetings per week.

Ashby's engineering culture focuses on increasing leverage through excellent developer tooling and reusable building blocks rather than growing team size. Engineers own projects end-to-end, from user research to implementation. The company uses a modern tech stack including TypeScript, React, and Node.js, with a strong emphasis on quality and developer experience.

The company offers competitive compensation ranging from CA$172.5K to CA$335K, plus equity with a 10-year exercise window. Benefits include unlimited PTO, generous family leave, comprehensive health insurance, and education budgets. Ashby provides equal employment opportunities and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

The interview process is designed to be practical and collaborative, focusing on past projects and pair programming rather than traditional leetcode exercises. New hires experience a well-structured onboarding process, pushing their first change on day one and building up to delivering impactful features within their first two months.

Staff-level Design Engineer position at Ashby, combining frontend engineering with design system development and UX expertise.

Design Engineer - Canada

Ashby builds intelligent and powerful software for talent teams to manage hiring processes and automate recruitment tasks.

Ashby is seeking an ambitious full-stack Product Engineer to join their team in building intelligent talent acquisition software. This role offers a unique blend of early-stage and growth-stage startup environments, providing significant autonomy in product development while working on a platform used by thousands of daily users.

The position involves end-to-end ownership of projects, from product specification and design to implementation. Engineers at Ashby work in an environment that minimizes meetings and maximizes productive development time, with most engineers attending less than 2 hours of meetings per week. The company serves notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake, with strong growth metrics and financial stability.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working across the entire technology stack, using TypeScript, Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, and Redis. The role requires someone who can balance technical excellence with practical delivery, work independently while collaborating effectively with team members, and contribute to both product and technical decisions.

Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes ownership, agency, and leverage through automation and tooling. The company has built sophisticated systems with a relatively small team by investing in developer experience and reusable building blocks. They maintain a strong focus on quality while moving with appropriate urgency, having built the equivalent of multiple VC-backed startups with a compact team.

The company offers competitive compensation, including equity with a 10-year exercise window, unlimited PTO, comprehensive health benefits, and various allowances for equipment and education. They maintain a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, with ongoing efforts to improve representation in their engineering team.

This role is ideal for experienced engineers who thrive with autonomy, enjoy product development beyond pure implementation, and want to work in a high-impact environment with minimal process overhead. The position offers the opportunity to shape significant features of a growing product while working with a team of accomplished engineers in a supportive, learning-oriented culture.

Senior Product Engineer role at Ashby, building full-stack solutions for talent acquisition software with ownership over product development and technical implementation.

Product Engineer - Canada

Building intelligent and powerful recruiting software for talent teams, used by companies like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake.

Ashby is seeking an ambitious full-stack engineer to join their Product Engineering team in the UK. This role offers a unique blend of early and growth-stage startup environments, providing significant autonomy in an almost-no-meeting culture while working on a product with established market fit and thousands of daily users.

The position is ideal for engineers who thrive on end-to-end ownership, from writing product specs to making design decisions. Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes giving engineers the freedom to impact users through creative and innovative software solutions. The company has achieved notable success with customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake, demonstrating strong growth metrics and financial stability.

As a Product Engineer, you'll take ownership of major product areas, handling everything from competitor research to implementation. The role involves working with a modern tech stack including TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on building powerful, scalable solutions. The team maintains a strong engineering culture that values thoughtful communication, developer experience, and technical excellence.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable tackling any part of the technology stack, handle product and technical ambiguity well, and strike the right balance between speed and quality. The role offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work with a high-performing team where over 90% of engineers would be considered Senior or above in the industry.

Ashby provides a supportive environment with excellent onboarding, minimal meetings (less than 2 hours per week), and a focus on deliberate communication. The company values diversity and inclusion, offering equal opportunities and welcoming people from all backgrounds. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers looking to have significant impact while working with modern technologies in a flexible, remote environment.

Senior Software Engineer role at Ashby, building full-stack solutions for their recruiting software platform with TypeScript, React, and Node.js in a remote environment.

Software Engineer - Product Engineering, UK

All-in-one recruiting platform that empowers hiring excellence

Ashby is seeking an ambitious full-stack engineer for their Product Engineering team in EMEA. This role combines the best of early and growth-stage environments, offering significant agency in an almost-no-meeting culture while working on a product with established market fit and thousands of daily users.

The position involves end-to-end ownership of projects, from product specification to implementation, working on both frontend and backend development using technologies like TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience and excel at tackling projects with both product and technical ambiguity.

Ashby has built an impressive customer base including Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake, with tens of millions in ARR and over 100% year-over-year growth. The company culture emphasizes thoughtful communication, minimal meetings (less than 2 hours per week), and a focus on building high-quality software efficiently.

The engineering team at Ashby values ownership and agency, allowing engineers to deeply understand end-users and business needs while having control over solutions. The company has invested heavily in developer tooling and building blocks that enable rapid development of powerful and customizable features.

Benefits include competitive compensation, generous equity with a 10-year exercise window, unlimited PTO, comprehensive health insurance for US employees, and various allowances for equipment and education. The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, providing equal opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Working at Ashby means joining a team of lifelong learners who are humble and kind, with a culture that promotes collaboration while respecting focus time. The company's success is built on the belief that a small, talented team in the right environment can build exceptional products while maintaining work-life balance.

Senior Software Engineer position at Ashby, building full-stack solutions for an all-in-one recruiting platform with focus on product engineering in EMEA.

Software Engineer, Product Engineering - EMEA

Ashby is seeking a Product Engineer for their all-in-one recruiting platform. This role offers a unique blend of early and growth-stage startup environments, combining the agency of a seed startup with the stability of a growth-stage company. Engineers own projects end-to-end, from product specs to implementation, in an almost-no-meeting culture. The company serves notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake, with tens of millions in ARR and >100% year-over-year growth.

The role requires a full-stack engineer comfortable working across the entire technology stack using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience, thrive in environments with product and technical ambiguity, and excel at balancing speed with quality. They should be ambitious, excellent at collaboration, and focused on creating leverage in their work.

Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes ownership, agency, and innovation. The team maintains a low-meeting environment (<2h per week) and focuses on building high-quality software through great developer tooling and powerful building blocks. The company values diversity and inclusion, with 26% of engineers from underrepresented groups.

Benefits include competitive compensation, generous equity with a 10-year exercise window, unlimited PTO, comprehensive health insurance, and various allowances for equipment and education. The interview process is designed to be practical and collaborative, focusing on past projects and pair programming rather than traditional leetcode exercises.

Product Engineer role at Ashby, building an all-in-one recruiting platform with TypeScript, Node.js, and React. Competitive salary $160K-$250K, remote work, and comprehensive benefits.

Product Engineer - Americas

Ashby is seeking a Principal Product Engineer to join their team building an all-in-one recruiting platform. This role offers a unique blend of early-stage and growth-stage startup environments, with the opportunity to work on impactful features used by thousands of daily users from companies like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake.

The position requires a versatile engineer who can work across the full stack using TypeScript, Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, and Redis. You'll have the freedom to own projects end-to-end, from writing product specs to implementing features, with minimal meetings and maximum autonomy.

As a Principal Engineer at Ashby, you'll be part of a team that values quality and innovation while maintaining a practical approach to delivery. The role involves building reusable components, contributing to developer tooling, and creating powerful abstractions that benefit the entire platform. You'll work in an environment that emphasizes thoughtful communication and collaboration, with less than 2 hours of meetings per week.

The company offers competitive compensation ($200K-$250K), generous benefits including unlimited PTO, 12 weeks paid family leave, and comprehensive health insurance for US employees. Ashby has strong business metrics with tens of millions in ARR, >100% YoY growth, and several years of runway.

The ideal candidate should have 6+ years of experience, be comfortable with product and technical ambiguity, and have a track record of leading projects independently. You should be passionate about creating leverage through automation and building scalable solutions. The role offers the opportunity to work with a high-caliber team in a fast-growing company while maintaining work-life balance.

If you're excited about building powerful, user-friendly software and want to join a team that values engineering excellence, thoughtful communication, and individual ownership, this role at Ashby could be your next career move.

Principal Product Engineer role at Ashby, building end-to-end features for an all-in-one recruiting platform with TypeScript, React, and Node.js

Principal Product Engineer - Americas

Ashby is seeking a Staff-level Design Engineer to join their Americas team in a role that uniquely combines frontend development and design expertise. This position requires at least 5 years of experience and offers a salary range of $170K-$260K with equity.

The role is perfect for engineers who want to break free from the traditional separation of design and development. You'll be responsible for tackling complex design challenges while implementing solutions using React, TypeScript, and other modern technologies. The position involves expanding the company's design system, building reusable components, and consulting on design work across the organization.

Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes collaboration, autonomous ownership, and work-life balance. The team deploys multiple times daily, uses modern development tools, and focuses on building powerful, customizable products. Engineers own projects end-to-end, from user research to implementation.

The company offers an impressive benefits package including unlimited PTO, generous family leave, comprehensive health insurance, and ongoing education support. Their tech stack includes TypeScript, React, SASS, Apollo GraphQL, Node.js, Postgres, and Redis.

Working at Ashby means joining a team that values diversity (26% of engineers from underrepresented groups), provides meaningful ownership, and focuses on sustainable growth rather than just team expansion. The interview process is practical and collaborative, avoiding traditional leetcode-style questions in favor of real-world problem-solving.

The company is well-funded with strong revenue growth and backing from notable investors like YCombinator and Elad Gil. They're building sophisticated talent management software that combines power with usability, similar to how spreadsheets balance accessibility with advanced capabilities.

This remote position offers the flexibility to work from various locations across the Americas, with competitive compensation varying by location and experience level. The role presents an opportunity to shape the future of work tools while being part of a thoughtful, inclusive, and high-performing engineering team.

Staff-level Design Engineer position combining frontend development and design system expertise for a growing talent management software company.

Design Engineer - Americas

Building intelligent and powerful software for talent teams to streamline hiring processes and provide insights.

Ashby is seeking a Principal Product Engineer for their Americas team to join their mission of building intelligent software for talent teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in an environment that emphasizes engineer ownership and creative freedom. The position is fully remote, focusing on end-to-end product development from conception to deployment.

The ideal candidate will be a versatile engineer comfortable working across the full stack using technologies like TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL. They'll have the freedom to own projects completely, including research, specification writing, and implementation. The role involves building sophisticated features like automated candidate scheduling and complex filtering systems.

Ashby's engineering culture is built on collaboration, thoughtful communication, and a focus on leverage over team size. They've created an environment where engineers spend minimal time in meetings (less than 2 hours per week) and maximum time building. The company offers competitive compensation ($160K-$260K), equity with a 10-year exercise window, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive benefits.

The position is ideal for experienced engineers who thrive with autonomy, enjoy tackling complex problems, and want to impact a growing product directly. The company emphasizes quality while maintaining urgency, having built the equivalent of multiple startups with a small, efficient team. They're backed by notable investors including YCombinator and have a strong customer base with excellent revenue growth.

This is not a traditional principal engineer role focused on project management or architecture reviews - you'll spend most of your time building and solving challenging problems while having the freedom to influence both technical and product decisions.

Principal Product Engineer position at Ashby, building intelligent hiring software with full-stack ownership and remote flexibility.

Ashby provides talent teams with intelligent and powerful software that provides insights into where they're failing and automates or simplifies many of the tasks they're underwater with.

Ashby is seeking a Software Engineer for their Product Engineering team in EMEA. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative software solutions for talent teams, with a focus on end-to-end ownership of projects. As a Product Engineer at Ashby, you'll be involved in all aspects of the development process, from research and product specification to design and implementation.

Key aspects of the role include:
1. Ownership over a large portion of one of Ashby's products
2. End-to-end project management, including research, product specs, and wireframing
3. Working on complex features like automated candidate scheduling and generalized filter architecture
4. Collaborating with a small, talented team in a culture that values thoughtful communication and focus time

The ideal candidate should:
- Be comfortable tackling any part of the technology stack
- Thrive in environments with product and technical ambiguity
- Balance speed and quality in development
- Be ambitious and open to feedback for continuous improvement
- Excel in collaboration and communication
- Seek to create leverage in their work through automation and abstraction

Ashby offers a competitive salary with equity, unlimited PTO, family leave, and other benefits. The company values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Tech stack: TypeScript (frontend & backend), Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, Redis

If you're passionate about building high-quality software and want to be part of a team that gives engineers ownership and agency, this role at Ashby could be an excellent fit for you.

Join Ashby as a Software Engineer in Product Engineering, building innovative talent management solutions with end-to-end project ownership and a focus on quality.

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