The opportunity
Hi 👋🏾 I’m Abhik , Ashby's Co-Founder and VP of Engineering. This role is close to my heart because, as someone who can both design and code, it’s where I’ve always done my best work, but also where I was seen as a rebel and an outsider.
What you'll do
First, this role has always had the commitment of both Benji (CEO &: Co-Founder) and me: I’ve held the role, steadfastly championed it since we started hiring in 2020, and haven’t diluted its responsibilities as we’ve grown (in fact, we’ve doubled down).
Second, you work on a product at scale, not at an early-stage startup: struggling to find users and get feedback on what you’ve designed and built. At Ashby, your work will touch over 100,000 weekly active users, millions of candidates per week, and notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake. You’ll get to test out ideas with our own recruiting team and hiring managers who use Ashby every day (like me), and often hear customer feedback as early as the day you release.
Redesigned our mobile web app by talking with customers who use it often,: wireframing new flows, implementing its design system, and using it to make the wireframes a reality.
Built a set of flexible, composable components in our design system that: allow other engineers to easily build beautiful, consistent setup wizards across our product.
Helped a Product Engineer improve the information hierarchy and scannability: of their design for viewing a candidate’s assessments. Recruiters can quickly parse information and pick out anomalies.
You only want to work on design systems . While improving our design system: is one of many responsibilities, you won’t be able to work on it exclusively.
What they're looking for
- You like to do extensive research and user testing before implementation. The: beauty of being part-Engineer is that you can build conviction by shipping to a subset of users (including our own team) and gathering feedback!
- You want everything to be perfect before it gets into a user’s hands. One of: the drivers of our success is that we ship fast . That often means we don’t agonize over every detail and instead iterate over time, often letting user feedback and business needs drive prioritization.
- You don’t have excellent taste and execution in visual design. Design: Engineers set the bar for visual design in our app and continually improve it, pushing its boundaries with each new feature or redesign.
- You need company-driven process and structure to get your projects across the: finish line. Sprint planning and well-defined project management processes are things you need or look to others to lead. You’d rather focus on the design and technical details.
