Senior Software Engineer, Product Engineering, UK in Manchester

About the Role and How We Work

We are building a culture that lets engineers own and deliver features end‑to‑end. As a Product Engineer at Ashby, you will take responsibility for a large portion of a product, from research and spec writing to design, implementation, and launch. Our engineering environment is intentionally lean: no daily stand‑ups, no planning meetings, and very little process overhead. The focus is on speed, ownership, and creative problem‑solving in a team of talented engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own a product or a significant part of it, handling all stages from research to deployment.
• Research competitors, write detailed product specifications, and design wireframes or prototypes.
• Implement and ship features that adhere to quality standards and align with product goals.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to iterate on user‑facing solutions.
• Persistently seek ways to improve tools, abstractions, and processes that benefit the whole engineering team.

Qualifications & Candidate Profile

• Comfortable handling any part of the stack—from front‑end to infrastructure.
• Experience thriving in environments with product and technical ambiguity.
• Ability to balance speed and quality; a mindset of building high‑quality code at scale.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; comfortable reviewing decisions with stakeholders.
• Proactive in creating leverage: automating repetitive work, building reusable tools, improving standards.
• Senior‑level experience (or equivalent) that demonstrates ownership and independent delivery of large projects.

Engineering Culture

• Minimal process that empowers engineers to make decisions normally handled by product or design.
• Natural collaboration and deliberate communication; focus on clear, concise updates.
• Investment in developer tooling and abstractions to accelerate delivery.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organization.

Technology Stack

TypeScript (frontend & backend), React, GraphQL API, Node.js, Postgres, Redis. Previous experience is not required; a love of typed languages and fundamentals is valued.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Ten‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Minimum 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (longer for those outside the US where applicable).
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget with larger items covered by manager approval.
• Top‑tier health insurance for US employees (100% premium coverage) and high‑quality supplemental insurance for non‑US employees.

Ashby provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.