Design Engineer - EU

About the Role

Join Ashby as a Design Engineer, a role uniquely blending both design and software development to craft outstanding user experiences. This position is ideal for those passionate about integrating elegant design with robust technical implementation, contributing directly to a product used by over 100,000 active weekly users across major companies such as Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake.

Key Responsibilities

• Tackle some of the most intricate design challenges within Ashby's product suite.
• Enhance and extend Ashby's internal design system to benefit engineers and designers alike.
• Collaborate with product engineers to create customized design solutions that improve usability and information clarity.

Role Details and Expectations

This role is not merely frontend engineering nor simple prototyping; it demands excellence in both design and coding. You'll have the freedom to influence and iterate on UI/UX, balancing complexity and accessibility to serve a large-scale user base. Ashby fosters rapid shipping and iterative development, so there is an emphasis on quick feedback and continuous improvement rather than perfection prior to release.

Who Should Consider This Role

• Those who enjoy a blend of design and engineering responsibilities rather than specializing exclusively in design systems.
• Engineers and designers eager to work in a fast-paced environment valuing experimentation and shipping quickly.
• Individuals with excellent visual design skills and an appetite for delivering high-caliber user interfaces.
• Professionals who prefer autonomy in managing projects without heavy reliance on formal processes or extensive user research before deployment.

Seniority Levels

• Junior Design Engineer: Under 2 years of experience with demonstrated design and engineering skills on user-facing projects.
• Mid to Senior Design Engineer (this posting): 2+ years of continuous professional experience with solid competence in both design and engineering disciplines.
• Staff Design Engineer: Seasoned practitioners with substantial contributions to design systems and user-facing features at scale.

What Ashby Builds

Ashby develops advanced talent acquisition software designed to streamline recruiting workflows and empower teams with intelligent automation and deep insights, improving the speed and quality of hiring processes.

Engineering Culture

• Minimal procedural overhead with full ownership over technical and design decisions.
• A collaborative and communicative environment fostering continuous learning and thoughtful work habits.
• Significant investment in developer productivity tools, allowing frequent deployments and a superior developer experience.
• Commitment to diversity, ensuring inclusive opportunities for underrepresented groups in engineering.

Interview Process

• Introductory call with the VP of Engineering focusing on your past work.
• Technical or design-focused second round involving coding or design deliverables and discussion.
• Multiple deep-dive interviews exploring design systems and collaboration approaches.