Ashby
YC 19 | REMOTE
hn · REMOTE · $200k–$275k
Jose has strong foundational technical credentials with proven full-stack expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and modern architectures, plus 12+ years shipping systems where reliability matters. However, he's a founding engineer/IC with deep product instincts rather than an experienced engineering manager—his background shows zero people leadership, hiring calibration, or team-scale organizational work, which are core to this EM role. He'd need significant ramp on the people and org dimensions despite being technically credible.
Hook: Your proven ability to own architecture and make build-vs-buy decisions on critical infrastructure aligns with the technical judgment we need, and your experience scaling real-time systems mirrors challenges in our platform stack.
Missing: Engineering management and people leadership, Team hiring and calibration, Cross-functional organizational advocacy, Peer-level coaching at Senior/Staff engineer level, Async org design and distributed team dynamics
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Ashby | YC 19 | REMOTE | Hiring Engineering Manager (Americas) | $200k–$275k Ashby is the all-in-one recruiting platform powering hiring at the world's most innovative companies. If you cmd+f "Ashby" you'll see that we're powering many of the job postings in this thread! We’re looking to scale our engineering leadership team with technical leaders who want to raise the impact of a high-performing organization. * Not Your Traditional "Jira-Manager": Our EMs are not classic delivery coordinators who shuffle meetings or build heavy processes. Instead, you will own people, hiring bar, technical judgment, and the health of our engineering systems. * High-Autonomy Team: Because 80%+ of our engineering team is Senior–Staff+ level, our engineers already possess a high degree of ownership. Your focus is less on day-to-day task coordination and more on coaching independent owners, managing ambiguity, and raising team impact. * Technically Credible Leaders: You will stay close enough to the work to challenge assumptions, review proposals, spot maintainability issues, and jump into the code to debug alongside engineers when needed. * Organizational Advocates: Beyond your immediate team, you will act as an advocate owning the health and metrics of org-wide areas—ranging from CI/CD health and developer productivity to customer success collaboration and on-call sustainability. * 100% Remote Async Culture: We maintain an even distribution of engineers across North America and Europe, optimizing for minimal process and maximum focus. * Here's how we're thinking about AI at Ashby:https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/engineering/ai-ashby-engineering-and-the-future * Full transparency on engineering levels + comp:https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/engineering/leveling-and-compensation Stack: TypeScript (frontend & backend), React, GraphQL API, Node.js, Postgres, Redis. (While you won't always be shipping code, you are expected to hold a deep technical understanding of the system). Full list of open roles:https://www.ashbyhq.com/careers?utm_source=HNwhoshiring