Junior Design Engineer

Ashby

Design Engineer role at Ashby focused on UI/UX and coding for scalable product solutions. Collaborate on designs, enhance system components, and improve user experience for 100,000+ users.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $98,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on challenging design problems and improve others' designs by expanding and enhancing the in-house design system.
Consult on bespoke design work needed by Product Engineers.
Redesign mobile web apps and implement design systems based on customer feedback.
Build flexible and composable components in the design system.
Improve information hierarchy and scannability of candidate assessments for better recruiter experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

no more than 2 years of industry experience as a designer or engineer.
you should have personal or professional projects showcasing great visual taste and burgeoning talent in both UI/UX and Engineering.
The role expects you to design and code not just be a Frontend Engineer with new branding, nor just a Designer.
You need to demonstrate excellent taste and execution in visual design.
You must be able to ship fast and iterate over time based on user feedback.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity.
10-year exercise window for stock options.
Unlimited PTO, and we will encourage you to take it.
A minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, covered by Ashby.
Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
$100/month education budget with more expensive items covered with manager approval.
If you’re in the US, we offer top-tier health insurance for you and your dependents, with 100% of premiums covered by Ashby.

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Hard Skills & Tools

UI designUX designdesign systemsmobile web appscomponent designvisual designcodingprototypinguser feedback analysisinformation hierarchy

Soft Skills

visual tastecreativitycollaborationiterationproblem-solvingcommunicationattention to detailadaptabilitytime managementuser-centric thinking