Staff Design Engineer - Canada

The role

You will design and code features, work on challenging design problems, and expand the in-house design system. You will also consult on bespoke design work for Product Engineers.

What you will do

• Work on challenging design problems
• Expand and enhance the in-house design system
• Consult on bespoke design work needed by Product Engineers
• Research problems, write product specs, build wireframes, and implement solutions end-to-end
• Run your own projects

Required qualifications

• Professionally practiced Design Engineering
• Made major contributions to a design system
• Designed and implemented features for hundreds of users and iterated on them through user feedback
• Good proficiency with TypeScript
• Good proficiency with React
• Good proficiency with CSS

Nice to have

• Proficiency with backend technologies

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• 10-year exercise window for stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget
• $100/month education budget
• $250/month tool budget plus access to Claude, Cursor, and Codex
• High-quality supplemental health insurance for you and your dependents

Before you apply

• Be prepared to screen-share examples of your work during the introduction call
• Interview process includes a technical screen or design take-home
• Interview process includes a deep dive into a past design system or design project

About the company

Ashby builds Talent Acquisition software designed to provide the highest standard of tooling for recruiting teams. The company values a small, talented team with minimal process and high ownership.