Junior Design Engineer, Americas

Ashby • ,

4d • $98,000 - $165,000

About The Position

This role is for a Junior Design Engineer at Ashby, a company that values individuals who excel in both design and coding. The Design Engineer role at Ashby is unique, requiring a blend of design and technical implementation skills. Design Engineers 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 with a large user base (over 100,000 weekly active users) and notable customers, with direct feedback loops from users and internal teams. The position is championed by the VP of Engineering and has a commitment from the CEO & Co-Founder, with responsibilities that have not been diluted as the company has grown. The role involves shaping the UI/UX of a complex product, balancing approachability for new users with powerful customization options for experienced ones.

Requirements

• No more than 2 years of industry experience as a designer or engineer.
• Demonstrate projects (personal or professional) with at least a couple of users that showcase great visual taste.
• Showcase burgeoning talent in both UI/UX and Engineering.
• Good proficiency with TypeScript, React, and CSS.
• Ability to build conviction by shipping to a subset of users and gathering feedback.
• Excellent taste and execution in visual design.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate deliberately.
• Willingness to take ownership of projects and drive them to solutions.
• Comfort with minimal process and structure.
• Ability to contribute to customer issues and investigations.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, React, and CSS is expected at a minimum.
• Proficiency with backend technologies is a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing products and shipping code to hundreds of users (even if through side projects).
• Proficiency with backend technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and code features.
• Work on challenging design problems.
• Expand and enhance the in-house design system.
• Consult on bespoke design work needed by Product Engineers.
• Redesign mobile web apps, including customer interviews, wireframing, implementing the design system, and creating polished UI.
• Build flexible, composable components for the design system.
• Improve information hierarchy and scannability of designs.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers on strategy and customer research.
• Take ownership of projects from problem definition to end-to-end implementation.
• Contribute to developer tooling and abstractions.
• Participate in customer issue investigations.
• Engage in pair programming, collaborative design system work, and discussions about decisions during the interview process.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO, with encouragement to take it.
• A minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave (potentially longer outside the US).
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget, with manager approval for more expensive items like conferences.
• Top-tier health insurance for dependents in the US (100% premiums covered by Ashby).
• High-quality supplemental health insurance for dependents in other countries (fully covered by Ashby).

What This Job Offers

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