Staff Product Engineer - Canada

Ashby; Calgary; On-site; CAD 173,000 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10-year exercise window for stock options

Unlimited PTO

Fully paid parental leave

Education budget for conferences

Generous equipment budget

Top-tier health insurance

Job summary

Ashby in Calgary, Alberta is seeking a versatile Product Engineer to take ownership of projects from research to release. You will be crucial in delivering features that integrate product and design aspects while working collaboratively with the team.

The ideal candidate will have strong full-stack engineering skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to balance speed and quality. The role offers a competitive salary, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive health insurance.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack engineering skills and willingness to tackle any part of the stack.
• Experience delivering features with significant product and technical ambiguity.
• Ability to balance speed and quality, delivering high-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Own large features – from concept to shipping.
• Research competitors and write product specs.
• Implement end-to-end solutions including backend logic.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Automation and tooling

Independence in project ownership

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a versatile, persistent product engineer who can build reusable components across the tech stack and advocate for the time to do so. As a Product Engineer, you will own a large portion of one of our products, taking projects end‑to‑end from research and design to implementation and release.

Responsibilities

• Own large features – from concept to shipping – wearing hats traditionally held by product and design teams.
• Research competitors, write product specs, create wireframes, and design user interfaces.
• Implement end‑to‑end solutions, including backend logic, database schemas, and front‑end components.
• Build and maintain reusable building blocks (e.g., declarative filter architecture, signing‑off flow).
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to integrate features.
• Provide mock/research-based prototypes to validate concepts with customers.

Qualifications

• Strong full‑stack engineering skills and a willingness to tackle any part of the stack.
• Experience delivering features with significant product and technical ambiguity.
• Ability to balance speed and quality, delivering high‑quality code at an ambitious pace.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to vet decisions with stakeholders.
• Proactive in creating leverage through automation, tooling, and abstraction.
• Prior ownership of end‑to‑end projects and a desire to grow independently.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO, with encouragement to use it.
• Minimum 12 weeks fully paid parental leave.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget for conferences and learning.
• Top‑tier health insurance in the US (100% premiums paid) and high‑quality supplemental coverage in other regions.

Interview Process

• Introduction call with Hiring Manager (15–30 minutes).
• Technical screen: pair programming in our codebase (1 hour).
• Three non‑coding interviews focused on product thinking, technical design, and infrastructure (≈3 h 15 min total).
• Optionally, an additional 30‑minute recruiter screen depending on bandwidth.

Hiring Commitment & EEO Statement

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and do not require a specific tech stack background. We favor fundamentals, learning agility, and independence. Qualifications and people aspects are the primary focus.

Compensation Range: CA$173K – CA$326K.

Ashby provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome individuals from all backgrounds. Ashby is committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. The advertisement is for an active, existing vacancy.