Staff Product Engineer - Canada

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

10-year exercise window for stock options

12 weeks fully paid parental leave

Generous equipment and software budget

$100/month education budget

Job summary

Ashby is seeking a versatile Product Engineer in Southwestern Ontario to own significant product features from research through to release. This role demands strong full-stack engineering skills and involves collaboration with design and product teams.

Candidates should be able to balance speed and quality while delivering high-quality code. Benefits include competitive salary, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive health insurance.

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.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to vet decisions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Full-stack engineering skills

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Ability to balance speed and quality

Experience with ambiguity in products

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.