Company Name: Ashby
Location: Remote – Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Waterloo)
Job Type: Full-time
Salary Range: CAN – Level 4: CA$172.5K – CA$205K yearly CAN – Level 5: CA$182.5K – CA$235K yearly CAN – Level 6: CA$235K – CA$335K yearly
Industry: B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) / Recruiting Technology
Job Overview
Ashby is a leading B2B SaaS company that’s revolutionizing Recruiting Technology, empowering businesses across the globe to optimize their hiring processes. We’re seeking a highly skilled and innovative Design Engineer to join our fully remote team in Canada. This Full-time, Senior-Level / Staff-Level role offers a unique opportunity to build and iterate on software directly in code, shaping the user experience of a complex and rapidly evolving product.
As a Design Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in bridging the gap between design and development, making significant contributions to our design systems and enhancing the user experience through flexible, composable components. You’ll leverage your deep knowledge of React, CSS, HTML, and other modern web technologies to tackle challenging design problems, prototype with actual logic and data, and ensure a seamless product experience. If you’re a lifelong learner, humble, kind, and passionate about increasing leverage through developer tooling rather than just team size, Ashby invites you to join our groundbreaking team.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Bring at least 5 years of experience as a full-time frontend engineer or evenly split between frontend and design to drive product development.
- Make significant contributions to (or lead) design systems, ensuring scalability and consistency across the platform.
- Apply deep React, CSS, and HTML knowledge to build high-quality user interfaces.
- Utilize experience working with TypeScript (frontend & backend), Node.js, Postgres, Redis, and Apollo GraphQL for robust full-stack development.
- Demonstrate familiarity with SASS modules and Stitches for styling complex components.
- Possess the ability to design and build software, iterating directly in code, blurring the lines between design and engineering.
- Be able to start ideas in Figma but ground them (or be more creative) in code, pushing the boundaries of design implementation.
- Create compelling prototypes with actual logic and data to validate design concepts thoroughly.
- Tackle challenging design problems and help others improve designs through expert guidance and collaboration.
- Lead efforts in expanding and enhancing in-house design systems and consult on bespoke work for various product needs.
- Contribute to redesigning mobile web apps, including optimizing customer interaction flows, wireframing, and implementing design systems.
- Build flexible, composable components in a design system that can be reused and scaled across the entire product.
- Help other engineers improve design’s information hierarchy and scannability, enhancing usability.
- Exhibit strong collaboration and deliberate communication skills with all team members and stakeholders.
- Embody the qualities of a lifelong learner, humble, and kind team player.
- Possess the ability to conduct research, prototyping, and create written proposals for design solutions.
- Focus on increasing leverage, not team size, through innovative developer tooling and reusable building blocks.
- Take ownership and autonomy over projects end-to-end, from speaking with users to writing product specs and handling UX design.
- Be ready to push your first change on day one, demonstrating immediate impact.
- Utilize mentorship capabilities to guide and develop less experienced team members.
Qualifications
- Experience Level: Senior-Level / Staff-Level (explicitly stated as “staff-level role,” requires 5+ years experience).
- Education Requirement: Relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field is typically required.
- Required Skills:
- At least 5 years of experience as a full-time frontend engineer or evenly split between frontend and design.
- Significant contributions to (or leading) design systems.
- Deep React, CSS, and HTML knowledge.
- Experience working with TypeScript (frontend & backend), Node.js, Postgres, Redis, Apollo GraphQL.
- Familiarity with SASS modules and Stitches.
- Ability to design and build software, iterating in code.
- Ability to start ideas in Figma but ground them (or be more creative) in code.
- Experience creating prototypes with actual logic and data.
- Capability to tackle challenging design problems and help others improve designs.
- Experience expanding and enhancing in-house design systems and consulting on bespoke work.
- Experience redesigning mobile web apps (customer interaction, wireframing, implementing design system).
- Ability to build flexible, composable components in a design system.
- Helping other engineers improve design’s information hierarchy and scannability.
- Strong collaboration and deliberate communication skills.
- Lifelong learner, humble, and kind.
- Ability to conduct research, prototyping, and written proposals.
- Focus on increasing leverage, not team size (through developer tooling, building blocks).
- Ownership and autonomy over projects end-to-end (from speaking with users to writing product specs to UX design).
- No leetcode interviews (explicitly stated as a benefit in the original posting).
- Ability to push first change on day one (explicitly stated as a benefit in the original posting).
- Mentorship capabilities.
Salary and Benefits
Ashby offers a highly competitive annual salary for this Full-time Design Engineer – Canada position. The salary ranges vary by level:
CAN (Canada): Level 4: CA$172.5K – CA$205K yearly Level 5: CA$182.5K – CA$235K yearly Level 6: CA$235K – CA$335K yearly
All levels also include Equity. We believe in investing in our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your overall well-being and professional growth. This typically includes robust health insurance options, generous paid time off, and opportunities for continuous learning and career development in a high-growth SaaS environment, complemented by company equity.
Working Conditions
This is a Full-time, Remote position, operating across Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Waterloo). You’ll work from your home office, utilizing various development and design tools (like Figma) and collaboration platforms. The role demands strong technical proficiency, creative problem-solving, and meticulous attention to detail in both design and code. You will be expected to take end-to-end ownership of projects, work autonomously, and collaborate effectively with a globally distributed team. Some flexibility in work hours may be required to accommodate team meetings across different time zones. This role values immediate impact and continuous improvement.
Why Work with Us
At Ashby, we’re building the future of Recruiting Technology, and we’re looking for innovative Design Engineers to join us on this exciting journey. We’re a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company with a culture that values deep technical expertise, creative problem-solving, and a commitment to building a product directly in code.
As a Design Engineer, you’ll have the unique opportunity to make significant contributions to our design systems, tackle challenging design problems with a full-stack approach, and directly influence the user experience of our cutting-edge platform. We pride ourselves on a “no leetcode” interview process and empower our engineers to push their first change on day one. If you’re a lifelong learner, humble, and kind, and eager to drive leverage through exceptional engineering rather than just expanding team size, Ashby offers an unparalleled opportunity for your career.
