Staff Product Engineer - Americas

Ashby; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

12 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Generous equipment budget

$100/month education budget

Top-tier health insurance

Job summary

Ashby is hiring a Product Engineer to take ownership of significant projects from end to end. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to research competitors, create product specifications, and build user interfaces. This role demands versatility across the technology stack and a strong ability to deliver high-quality code quickly. Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes minimal processes and a focus on diversity and inclusion. Benefits include competitive salary, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and top-tier health insurance.

Qualifications

• Experience building and shipping software across the technology stack.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Capacity to manage ambiguity in product design and engineering tasks.

Responsibilities

• Research competitors and write product specifications.
• Create wireframes and design user interfaces.
• Build and ship features in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Develop reusable building blocks to maximize efficiency.
• Implement complex data filters and backend architectures.
• Automate workflows like interview scheduling and offer signing.
• Engage with customers to refine requirements.

Skills

Frontend to new infrastructure expertise

Experience in handling product and technical ambiguity

Ability to deliver high-quality code rapidly

Self-motivated and feedback-oriented

Excellent collaboration and communication

Proactive problem-solving skills

Job description

About the Role

At Ashby, we’re building an environment that is optimistic about what engineers can own and achieve. As a Product Engineer, you’ll take ownership over a large portion of one of our products and own projects end‑to‑end—wearing the hats traditionally worn by product and design.

Responsibilities

• Research competitors and write product specifications.
• Create wireframes and design user interfaces.
• Build and ship features that require cross‑functional collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams.
• Develop reusable building blocks across the stack to maximize efficiency.
• Implement complex data filters and declarative architectures that compile to SQL on the backend.
• Automate workflows such as interview scheduling, offer signing, and other talent‑acquisition specific functionalities.
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure the solution meets business needs.

Qualifications

• Comfortable tackling any part of the technology stack, from frontend to new infrastructure.
• Experience with projects that involve significant product and technical ambiguity.
• Strong balance of speed and quality—able to deliver high‑quality code rapidly.
• Self‑motivated and eager to improve skills; comfortable receiving and giving feedback.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator with the ability to vet decisions with stakeholders.
• Proactive problem‑solver who creates new abstractions, tools, and lint rules to simplify engineering tasks.

Engineering Culture

• Minimal process with ownership over decisions normally made by product and design.
• Natural collaboration and deliberate communication.
• Investment in tools and abstractions that give us leverage.
• Focus on building a diverse and inclusive team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity, with a 10‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO and encouragement to take time off.
• Minimum 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget with manager approval for conferences or advanced learning.
• Top‑tier health insurance for US employees and fully covered supplemental health insurance for others.

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.