Design Engineer - EU

Ashby; Ireland; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

12 weeks fully paid parental leave

Education budget

Top-tier health insurance

Job summary

Ashby is seeking Design Engineers to contribute to exciting projects that blend design excellence with engineering implementation. The role involves tackling challenging design issues, enhancing the design system, and consulting with product engineers.

With a competitive salary range of €58,000‑€133,000, unlimited PTO, and generous parental leave, Ashby fosters a supportive work environment that values employee wellbeing and productivity.

Qualifications

• No more than 2 years of industry experience as a designer or engineer.
• 2+ years of continuous experience in design/engineering.
• Significant contributions to a design system.

Responsibilities

• Design and code new and existing features.
• Work on challenging design problems and enhance design systems.
• Consult on bespoke design work for product engineers.
• Implement new designs and improve existing ones.

Skills

UI/UX design

Engineering

Design system development

Job description

Hi I’m Abhik, Ashby’s Co-Founder and VP of Engineering. This role is close to my heart because, as someone who can both design and code, it’s where I’ve always done my best work, but also where I was seen as a rebel and an outsider. I want folks like me to feel at home at Ashby, and so I made Design Engineering a formal role and department that works closely with me. Our first hire was over five years ago, and we’re doubling the team from five to over ten in the next year.

Responsibilities

• Design and code new and existing features, combining design excellence with engineering implementation. For example, the UX/UI I envisioned often influenced the data model’s design and flexibility, and an understanding of technology capabilities simplified or improved the design.
• Work on our most challenging design problems, help others improve their designs by expanding and enhancing our in‑house design system, and consult on bespoke design work needed by product engineers.
• Redesigned our mobile web app by talking with customers, wireframing new flows, implementing its design system, and turning the wireframes into polished UI.
• Built a set of flexible, composable components in our design system that allow other engineers to build beautiful, consistent setup wizards across our product easily.
• Improved a product engineer’s information hierarchy and scannability of a design for viewing a candidate’s assessments, enabling recruiters to parse information and pick anomalies quickly.

Qualifications (Levels)

• Junior Design Engineer – 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 and burgeoning talent in both UI/UX and engineering.
• Design Engineer (Mid / Senior) – 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 through side projects).
• Staff Design Engineer – A professional with significant contributions to a design system and implemented features for hundreds of users, iterated through user feedback.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10‑year exercise window for stock options. You can exercise at a time you’re comfortable.
• Unlimited PTO; encourage taking time off.
• Minimum of 12 weeks fully paid parental leave, with longer periods for non‑US employees as per regional requirements.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget to support your productivity.
• $100/month education budget with manager approval for more expensive items such as conferences.
• For US employees, top‑tier health insurance for you and dependents with 100% premium coverage. In other countries, high‑quality supplemental insurance fully covered.
• Salary range: €58,000‑€133,000 per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Ashby provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.