Ashby is seeking an ambitious full-stack engineer focused on solving customer problems and making long-term investments in features and products.
The role is remote and available to candidates in various European countries including Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Poland, and Portugal.
The company has experienced significant growth, hiring 10 Product Engineers in 2025, which is a 20% increase in their engineering headcount.
Ashby offers a unique environment that combines the agency of a seed startup with the product-market fit of a growth-stage startup, allowing engineers to write product specs, make design decisions, and work in a low-meeting culture.
The engineering culture emphasizes ownership and agency, encouraging engineers to impact users with creative and innovative software.
Product Engineers at Ashby will take ownership of projects end-to-end, including researching competitors, writing product specs, and designing interfaces.
The company aims to provide intelligent software solutions for talent teams to streamline their hiring processes and improve candidate experiences.
Requirements:
Candidates must be comfortable tackling any part of the technology stack, whether it involves frontend development or infrastructure choices.
Experience with projects that involve significant product and technical ambiguity is essential, as the role requires building powerful abstractions and flexibility in the system.
A balance between speed and quality is crucial; candidates should be able to deliver high-quality products while moving with urgency.
Ambition and a desire to improve skills are necessary, as the role offers more freedom and responsibilities than many engineers may have experienced before.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills are required to vet decisions with stakeholders and work effectively with other engineers.
Candidates should seek to create leverage in their work by automating or abstracting tedious tasks.
Applicants should not require company-driven processes to complete projects, nor should they prefer to focus solely on technical details without considering the broader project context.
Benefits:
Competitive salary and equity are offered to employees.
A 10-year exercise window for stock options is provided, allowing employees to purchase stock options when financially comfortable.
Unlimited PTO is available, with a recommendation of four weeks per year to encourage taking time off.
Employees in the US receive twelve weeks of fully paid family leave, with plans to expand this benefit to other countries.
A generous budget for equipment, software, and office furniture is provided to ensure employees have what they need to be productive.
An education budget of $100 per month is available, with manager approval for more expensive items like conferences.
Top-notch health insurance is offered for employees and their dependents, with all premiums covered by the company.
