Software Engineering Manager, Product Engineering – Americas Time Zones

Company Name: Ashby
Location: Remote – North to South America
Job Type: Full-time
Salary Range: USA: $160K – $250K yearly (plus Equity, plus Bonus) CAN (Canada): CA$152.5K – CA$230K yearly (plus Equity, plus Bonus)
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 an exceptional Software Engineering Manager, Product Engineering to lead our team across the Americas time zones. This full-time, Senior-Level role offers a pivotal opportunity to cultivate a unique engineering culture, empower a high-performing team, and directly shape the user-facing products that redefine recruiting.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll bring a strong engineering background, a passion for shipping exceptional products, and a deep understanding of what truly makes engineers thrive. You’ll challenge the status quo, rethinking traditional processes like sprint planning, and champion an environment where engineers own features end-to-end with significant autonomy. If you’re an empathetic communicator, optimistic about building a large engineering team that functions differently from the “industry standard,” and eager to contribute to a frictionless engineering culture, Ashby invites you to join our groundbreaking team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strong engineering background leadership, capable of engaging in in-depth conversations across infrastructure, backend, and frontend.
• Bring experience shipping products and user-facing experiences to complement existing leadership, enhancing product delivery.
• Possess a deep understanding of what exceptional engineers look like, how to recruit them, and how to foster their growth and development.
• Hold the team to a high standard, provide detailed feedback, and actively seek feedback for self-improvement.
• Demonstrate proficiency in thinking about product, business, and design, interested in empowering the team rather than dictating decisions.
• Lead initiatives for improving engineering culture and process, consistently challenging the status quo for better outcomes.
• Be an excellent and empathetic communicator, skilled at facilitating change, navigating beliefs, and convincing others while remaining open to feedback.
• Leverage experience working on successful products in great engineering environments.
• Maintain a willingness to code and stay up-to-date on technology, leading by example.
• Be comfortable taking on less interesting or visible work compared to direct reports, embracing a supporting role.
• Empower the team to make product decisions, fostering a sense of ownership.
• Cultivate a team of engineers who thrive with ownership and autonomy, without needing extensive guardrails (not predominantly early-career/mid-career).
• Champion a philosophy where Staff/Principal engineers are primarily valued as builders, not just project managers or architecture reviewers.
• Be optimistic and convinced that a large engineering team can function differently than “industry standard,” reducing reliance on traditional processes like sprint planning or in-depth PM specs.
• Provide feedback on product and technical specs, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Grow engineers to deliver large, loosely defined projects with minimal intervention.
• Rethink and improve processes like pull request reviews.
• Design and improve interview tracks to recruit top engineering talent.
• Jump into systems and code to debug customer issues, ship bug fixes, or improve developer experience.
• Improve how data is generated and simulated in demo accounts.
• Manage up to 10 direct reports to ensure paced growth and individual attention.
• Advocate for a “no sprint planning” culture.
• Ensure engineers own features end-to-end, from product spec to implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience Level: Senior-Level (Implied by “Software Engineering Manager” title, extensive experience requirements as a former engineer, and leadership expectations).
• Education Requirement: Relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field is typically required.
• Required Skills:
  • Strong engineering background, capable of in-depth conversations across infrastructure, backend, and frontend.
  • Experience shipping products and user-facing experiences (to complement existing leadership).
  • Deep understanding of what exceptional engineers look like, how to recruit them, and how to foster their growth.
  • Holds team to a high standard, provides detailed feedback, and seeks feedback for self.
  • Good at thinking about product, business, and design; interested in empowering the team rather than dictating decisions.
  • Experience with improving engineering culture and process, challenging the status quo for better outcomes.
  • Excellent and empathetic communicator (facilitating change, navigating beliefs, convincing others while open to feedback).
  • Experience working on successful products in great environments.
  • Willingness to code and stay up-to-date on technology.
  • Comfortable taking on less interesting or visible work compared to direct reports (supporting role).
  • Empowering team to make product decisions.
  • Desire for a team of engineers who thrive with ownership and autonomy (not predominantly early-career/mid-career needing extensive guardrails).
  • Doesn’t believe that Staff/Principal engineers should primarily do project managing or architecture reviews; values them primarily as builders.
  • Optimistic and convinced that a large engineering team can function differently than “industry standard” (without relying heavily on traditional processes like sprint planning or in-depth PM specs).
  • Experience in a product company or a frictionless engineering culture.
  • Experience with TypeScript (frontend & backend), Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, Redis (prior experience not required, but mentioned in tech stack).
  • Provides feedback on product and technical specs.
  • Grows engineers to deliver large, loosely defined projects with little intervention.
  • Rethinks processes like pull request reviews.
  • Designs and improves interview tracks.
  • Jumps into systems and code to debug customer issues, ship bug fixes, or improve developer experience.
  • Improves how data is generated and simulated in demo accounts.
  • Manages up to 10 direct reports to ensure paced growth and individual attention.
  • No sprint planning.
  • Engineers own features end-to-end, from product spec to implementation.

Salary and Benefits

Ashby offers a highly competitive annual salary for this Full-time Software Engineering Manager, Product Engineering – Americas Time Zones position. The salary ranges vary by region: USA: $160K – $250K yearly (plus Equity, plus Bonus) CAN (Canada): CA$152.5K – CA$230K yearly (plus Equity, plus Bonus)

We believe in investing in our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your overall well-being and professional growth. While specific benefits vary by region, they typically include 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 and performance bonuses.

Working Conditions

This is a Full-time, Remote position, spanning across North to South America, accommodating various Americas time zones. You’ll work from your home office, utilizing various development tools and collaboration platforms. The role demands exceptional leadership, a strong technical background, and the ability to manage a remote team effectively. You will be expected to cultivate a unique engineering culture, empower individual engineers, and challenge traditional processes. While management-focused, there’s a willingness to code and stay hands-on. Some flexibility in work hours may be required to accommodate team meetings across diverse time zones.

Why Work with Us

At Ashby, we’re building the future of Recruiting Technology, and we’re looking for visionary Software Engineering Managers to lead our product engineering teams. We’re a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company with a culture that values autonomy, ownership, and a deep commitment to solving customer problems through exceptional engineering.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build and shape an engineering culture that challenges the status quo, where engineers own features end-to-end and thrive with minimal intervention. You’ll mentor a highly talented team, contribute to product strategy, and remain hands-on with code. If you’re an ambitious leader who believes in empowering builders and creating a frictionless engineering environment, Ashby offers an unparalleled opportunity for your career.