Culture and benefits at Ashby (YC W19)

Hi! I'm Abhik, the Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Ashby. Our culture is motivated by Benji and I's belief that a small talented team, given the right environment, can build a great product and service fast (and work regular hours!). We hire exceptional people and provide an environment where we can be happy, feel challenged, and do our best work. Our team consists of lifelong learners who are humble and kind. These attributes create an environment where collaboration happens naturally (we filter for it in interviews!). We combine this with research, prototyping, and written proposals to see around corners and get feedback from the team across time zones. Focus time is something that we hold sacred, and, with thoughtful and deliberate communication, many of us (especially engineers) can focus 36h out of a 40h work week (we measured it!). We invest a lot in automation, process, and written documentation, so we can scale Ashby with quality, breadth, and depth that most people would expect from larger teams over larger time scales.