Design Engineer

About the Role

At Ashby, the Design Engineer position uniquely combines design and coding expertise, enabling innovative development by blending flexible UX/UI design with technical implementation. This role is integral to our product used by hundreds of thousands weekly and involves crafting solutions that influence the data model and front-end experience simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance and expand our proprietary design system for product-wide consistency and flexibility.
• Redesign and implement new user flows in the mobile web app including customer engagement and polished UI development.
• Collaborate with product engineers to refine information hierarchy and improve the usability and scannability of assessment displays for recruiters.
• Handle diverse tasks, including customer issue investigations alongside high-level technical contributions.

Why Work Here

• Experience working on a mature product with a vast user base, including notable companies like Notion, Shopify, and Snowflake.
• Direct impact on a powerful, complex UI tailored to both new and advanced users for customization and automation.
• A culture that values rapid shipping and iterative improvement guided by user and business feedback.
• Close collaboration with the founding team, and a role championed at the highest levels.

Candidate Profile

• No more than 2 years industry experience for Junior Design Engineer applicants or 2+ years for mid/senior roles.
• Demonstrated skill in both design and engineering, with a portfolio showcasing UI/UX and coding projects.
• Strong visual design ability and a taste for quality execution.
• Comfort with fast shipping, iteration based on live feedback, and a preference for taking ownership over structured processes.
• Willingness to work in a collaborative team setting and engage in diverse responsibilities.

Our Engineering Culture

• Minimal procedural overhead with high ownership and autonomy.
• Emphasis on meaningful communication and maintaining focus time.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion with a significant representation of underrepresented groups.
• Investment in high-quality developer tools, building blocks like analytics and workflow engines, and AI-powered aids to enhance productivity.

Interview Process

• Initial 30-minute introduction call with the co-founder, presenting work samples.
• Technical screening or asynchronous design take-home followed by a live discussion.
• Further in-depth interviews focusing on collaborative design system specification and past project review.