Staff Design Engineer, EU

Ashby; Town of Sweden (NY); On-site; USD 141,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

10-year exercise window for stock options

Unlimited PTO

12 weeks paid parental leave

Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget

$100/month education budget

Top-tier health insurance

Job summary

Ashby is looking for a passionate software engineer to create powerful and intuitive user experiences. This position involves redesigning mobile applications, building composable components, and collaborating with diverse teams. Candidates should have strong software engineering fundamentals, ideally with experience in typed languages like TypeScript, and a comfort with UI design. The benefits include competitive pay, unlimited PTO, and top-tier health insurance. Ashby aims for a diverse workplace and encourages applicants from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in software engineering.
• Experience with typed languages such as TypeScript is preferred.
• Comfortable designing user interfaces and translating them into functional code.
• Ability to take ownership of projects with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Redesign the mobile web application based on customer insights.
• Build flexible, composable components for advanced filtering and creation.
• Improve designs focusing on information hierarchy and scannability.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Debugging

Abstractions

Fast learning

User interface design

Ownership of projects

Tools

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Redis

Job description

We are seeking a software engineer who can design and build products with a focus on creating powerful and intuitive user experiences. The role involves tackling complex design challenges, expanding our in‑house design system, and consulting on bespoke solutions.

Responsibilities

• Redesign the mobile web application by gathering customer insights, wireframing new flows, and implementing these designs through our design system.
• Build flexible, composable components that enable other engineers to create custom auto‑completes with advanced filtering and creation options.
• Improve other engineers' designs, focusing on information hierarchy and scannability to help recruiters quickly parse candidate assessments.
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering to research problems, write product specifications, and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in software engineering: debugging, abstractions, and fast learning.
• Experience with typed languages (e.g., TypeScript) is preferred but not required.
• Comfortable designing user interfaces and translating them into functional code.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and work with minimal process oversight.

Technology Stack

• TypeScript (frontend & backend), React, GraphQL API, Node.js, Postgres, Redis.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO with encouragement to take time off.
• At least 12 weeks paid parental leave; longer for international employees where required.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget with coverage for conferences upon manager approval.
• Top‑tier health insurance for US residents and high‑quality supplemental insurance for international employees.

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.

Compensation Range: €141K - €226K