Design Engineer - Americas

Ashby is seeking a Staff-level Design Engineer for their Americas team to join their fast-growing enterprise SaaS company. This unique role combines both design and engineering responsibilities, allowing talented individuals to both design and implement solutions. The position requires at least 5 years of experience in frontend engineering or design systems work.

The role involves working on challenging design problems, enhancing the company's in-house design system, and helping other engineers improve their designs. You'll be part of a team that has built products used by notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake. The company has achieved impressive metrics with tens of millions in ARR, >100% year-over-year growth, and over 2500 customers.

Ashby's engineering culture emphasizes collaboration, autonomous ownership, and increasing leverage through great developer tooling and reusable building blocks. The tech stack includes TypeScript, React, SASS modules, Stitches, Apollo GraphQL, Node.js, Postgres, and Redis. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, equity with a 10-year exercise window, unlimited PTO, family leave, and excellent health insurance.

The position is remote-friendly across the Americas, with numerous location options including major tech hubs in the US and Canada. The interview process is designed to be practical and collaborative, focusing on past projects and pair programming rather than traditional leetcode exercises. The company emphasizes diversity and inclusion, with 26% of engineers from underrepresented groups and ongoing initiatives to improve this further.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine design and engineering skills while working on meaningful products that improve the productivity of talent teams. The position comes with significant autonomy, opportunities for growth, and the chance to work with a team of lifelong learners who are humble and kind.