About Ashby
Ashby builds software that helps talent teams create efficient, respectful hiring processes. Its platform provides intelligent hiring tools, insights, and automation to simplify recruiting tasks.
Responsibilities
•Optimize the recruiting DSL-to-SQL compiler and build tools to support developers
•Create automated safeguards for customer data security and privacy
•Help developers ship features through canary deployments, gradual rollouts, and feature flags while managing complexity and downtime
•Define SLOs with business and engineering teams and implement corresponding SLIs
•Ensure external service communications support retries and circuit breakers
•Implement infrastructure for event-driven architecture and a data warehouse
•Own projects end-to-end, make technical decisions, and deliver solutions with minimal oversight
•Debug complex issues and build a reliable, secure platform that can scale
•Review code and submit code changes
•Support engineers with tooling and best practices through written communication
•Manage projects independently, seek help when needed, and adjust scope when appropriate
•Participate in on-call rotations in a follow-the-sun model
Requirements
•Experience building infrastructure at a later-stage company and handling millions of data points
•Experience automating provisioning, monitoring, and release processes
•Comfortable evaluating infrastructure risks and making independent technical decisions
•Strong coding skills and willingness to work with SQL
•Able to deliver projects independently and communicate progress without close supervision
•Comfortable with security, database optimization, Kubernetes debugging, and TypeScript troubleshooting
•Able to communicate asynchronously in writing
Nice to have
•Experience with Ashby's technology stack: TypeScript, Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, AWS, Datadog, and Sentry
Conditions
•Competitive salary and equity
•Stock options have a 10-year exercise window
•Unlimited PTO
•At least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave; longer outside the US where required by regional regulations
•Equipment, software, and office furniture budget
•$100/month education budget; more expensive items such as conferences require manager approval
•$250/month tool budget and access to Claude, Cursor, and Codex with generous token budgets
•US employees receive health insurance for themselves and dependents, with premiums fully covered; employees in other countries receive fully covered supplemental health insurance
•Employees set their own working hours and have flexibility in structuring their days and weeks
•The interview process includes a 15–30-minute live hiring manager call, a 1-hour live technical screen using the company codebase, and three live non-coding interviews totaling 3 hours 15 minutes, which may be split across multiple days. An additional 30-minute recruiter screen may be included
•Interview rounds include written guidance; candidates meet 4–6 engineering team members. Feedback is provided if no offer is made
•Onboarding includes a peer partner, training sessions, and 30-, 60-, and 90-day reviews
•Employees meet in person at least twice a year and have a small budget for meetups with colleagues in their city or region
