Design Engineer, Americas

About the Role

Design Engineer at Ashby combines the responsibilities of a product designer with the technical depth of an engineer. The role is dedicated to building the design system, creating new UI flows, and translating designs into code that serves 100,000+ weekly active users worldwide.

• Redesign mobile web interfaces by conducting customer research, wire framing new flows, and implementing a refined design system.
• Build modular, composable components for the design system to enable rapid UI development across products.
• Improve information hierarchy and visual clarity for complex data views, helping recruiters quickly parse candidate assessments.
• Collaborate with product engineering to influence data model design, ensuring scalability from both design and engineering perspectives.
• Iterate on design and code based on user feedback, balancing speed of delivery with high visual quality.

• Strong visual design skills with a portfolio demonstrating polished UI/UX work.
• Solid programming skills in Type Script, React, CSS, and optionally backend Node or other technologies.
• Experience shipping design systems or reusable UI components to large product audiences.
• Proven ability to ship features to hundreds of users and iterate under fast product cycles.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable collaborating with designers, product managers, and engineers.

• Junior Design Engineer – up to 2 years of industry experience with a portfolio of visual work.
• Design Engineer (Mid/Senior) – 2+ years of continuous experience as an engineer or designer, with full‑stack proficiency and experience shipping to large user bases.
• Staff Design Engineer – Demonstrated leadership on design systems and large‑scale product features, with design and engineering contributions that have been directly used by hundreds of users.

• Introduction call with the VP of Engineering.
• Technical screen or design take‑home assignment.
• Deep dive into past design system or product work, followed by a final interview.

• Competitive salary and equity with a 10‑year exercise window.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Minimum 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education stipend for professional development.
• Top‑tier health insurance for the U.S. with 100% premium coverage; comparable supplemental coverage outside the U.S.

$190,000 – $275,000

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.

Ashby is committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. This advertisement is for an active, existing vacancy within our organization.