Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
Platform Science- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Ashby is seeking a curious, rigorous, and problem-hungry Platform Engineer who also codes. The goal is to build a "paved road" for excellent engineering teams to operate efficiently and reliably. Ashby provides software that enables talent teams to create effective, delightful, and respectful hiring processes. The company boasts notable customers such as Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake, with strong growth metrics, tens of millions in ARR (growing >100% year over year), over 2500 customers, low churn, and significant runway. This role is listed as both Platform Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer, as the team handles both functions, and candidates leaning towards either discipline are welcome.
Elénie, a Director of Engineering at Ashby, highlights the critical importance of infrastructure work, drawing from her background in SRE and building "real infrastructure." She emphasizes how often unseen infrastructure work directly impacts customer experience, from fast-loading admin UIs to data recoverability and safety. Her passion for infrastructure stems from a desire to create fully-automated solutions for reliability issues, using software to ensure safety in infrastructure updates, inter-team schema changes, and data access. She believes in training that meets individuals where they are and values empathy as a core skill for infrastructure engineers.
At Ashby, Platform Engineers own their projects and ship with minimal oversight. The SRE approach is practical, prioritizing common sense over roadblocks for security and avoiding rigid processes like change management boards based on the lowest common denominator. This comes with significant responsibility, as the company handles personal and confidential data. As Ashby grows, the need for reliability, security, and evolving internal operations becomes paramount.
The company is at a critical inflection point where its ability to scale and deliver a seamless experience is crucial, supporting fast-growing companies that hire hundreds of people monthly. Ashby needs a skilled individual to make sound decisions, debug complex issues, and build a future-proof platform. The existing small but effective infrastructure team has established a secure and simple environment, avoiding unnecessary service creation, to support the growing product team. The new Platform Engineer will also own projects end-to-end, impacting core aspects of the Ashby developer and user experience. Potential projects include:
Hiring solutions for scaling companies
Ashby provides hiring solutions that help companies grow by streamlining their recruitment processes. The platform includes features like applicant tracking, interview scheduling, and analytics, which allow teams to manage their hiring efficiently. Unlike many competitors, Ashby focuses on serving scaling companies and offers a subscription-based service model. The goal of Ashby is to enable organizations to meet their recruitment targets quickly and effectively, ensuring they can hire the right talent to support their growth.