Design Engineer, Canada

Ashby • ,

1d • CA$117,000 - CA$200,000 • Remote

About The Position

Ashby is seeking a Design Engineer who can excel in both designing and coding. This role is unique as it combines excellence in both disciplines, allowing for greater nimbleness and creativity. Design Engineers at Ashby work on challenging design problems, enhance the in-house design system, and consult on bespoke design work for Product Engineers. The role offers the opportunity to work on a product used by over 100,000 weekly active users and notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake. You will have the chance to test ideas with the internal recruiting team and hiring managers, and receive early customer feedback.

Requirements

• 2+ years of continuous experience (e.g., internships don’t count) as an Engineer or a Designer.
• Good proficiency in both Design and Engineering, with exceptional proficiency in the discipline you practice full-time.
• Experience designing products and shipping code to hundreds of users (even if through side projects).
• Excellent taste and execution in visual design.
• Ability to work with a fast-paced shipping culture and iterate over time.
• Willingness to take on customer issues and investigations.
• Love of typed languages is helpful.
• Strong fundamentals (e.g., debugging, abstractions) and ability to learn quickly.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with our technology stack: TypeScript (frontend & backend), React, GraphQL API, Node.js, Postgres, Redis.

Responsibilities

• Work on challenging design problems.
• Help others improve their designs by expanding and enhancing our in-house design system.
• Consult on bespoke design work needed by Product Engineers.
• Redesign the mobile web app by talking with customers, wireframing new flows, and implementing its design system.
• Build flexible, composable components in the design system.
• Improve the information hierarchy and scannability of designs for viewing candidate assessments.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• A minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• 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 (US), with 100% of premiums covered by Ashby.
• High-quality supplemental health insurance for you and your dependents (outside US), fully covered by Ashby.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed