Senior Product Engineer - Americas

Ashby; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 153,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

Fully paid parental leave

Generous equipment budget

$100/month education budget

Job summary

Ashby is seeking a versatile product engineer to build reusable components and advocate for development best practices. You will be expected to own product features from end-to-end, collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality solutions in a high-pacing startup environment.

Ideal candidates are comfortable with clean code across the tech stack and eager to tackle technical ambiguity. This role offers competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and a strong commitment to employee well-being.

Qualifications

• Comfortable tackling any part of the tech stack.
• Experience with product and technical ambiguity.
• Balance speed and quality while maintaining high standards.
• Ambitious, eager to learn, and open to feedback.
• Excellent collaborator able to keep stakeholders informed.
• Seeks to automate repetitive tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product features from research to implementation.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders.
• Design, prototype, and iterate on user needs.
• Build reusable components serving multiple features.
• Participate in code review and improve tooling.
• Advise on product direction and user experience.

Skills

Technical background with typed languages (TypeScript, Java, Go, etc.)

Clean, maintainable code

Collaborative and communicative

Tackling tech stack ambiguity

Creating leverage through automation

Job description

About the Role

Hi, I'm Abhik, Ashby's Co‑Founder and VP of Engineering. We’re looking for a versatile, persistent product engineer who builds reusable building blocks across the stack and advocates for the time and space to do so. Ashby is a growth‑stage startup with over a million daily users, and we expect engineers to ship features end‑to‑end at a high pace.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end product features from research and spec to design and implementation.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Design, prototype, iterate rapidly, and ship code that meets user needs.
• Build reusable, declarative components that serve multiple features (e.g., filter architecture, interview scheduling).
• Participate in code review, improve developer tooling, and maintain our CI/CD pipelines.
• Advise on product direction and champion user experience.

Qualifications & Experience

• Comfortable tackling any part of the tech stack and writing clean, maintainable code.
• Experience with product and technical ambiguity; thrive on the intersection of the two.
• Balance speed and quality; can ship with urgency while maintaining high standards.
• Ambitious and eager to learn; open to feedback and willing to drive improvements.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator, able to vet decisions with stakeholders and keep them informed.
• Seeks to create leverage by abstracting and automating repetitive work.
• Technical background with typed languages (TypeScript, Java, Go, etc.) is a plus.

What You Shouldn't Apply If

• You need heavy process or structure—Sprinting, planning meetings, or strict ticketing are required for you.
• You prefer only high‑level or “tech‑lead” roles focused on project management rather than execution.
• You want to mentor early‑career engineers; we expect senior or high‑tenure engineers to own their projects.
• You lose the ability to see the big picture when deep in implementation.
• You are not comfortable with a small, high‑autonomy team that values minimal oversight.

Engineering Culture & Process

• Minimal process; ownership of decisions usually made by product and design.
• Natural collaboration and deliberate communication.
• Investing in tools and abstractions that give leverage.
• Focus time is sacrosanct; we keep meetings to under 2h a week.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity with a 10‑year exercise window.
• Unlimited PTO and encouragement to take time off.
• Minimum 12 weeks fully paid parental leave; longer in some regions.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100 per month education budget, plus conference coverage with manager approval.
• Full‑coverage health insurance for US employees and prepaid supplemental insurance elsewhere.

Compensation Range

$153K – $220K

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.