Jobs at Ancestry

As a Senior Engineer on the Frontend Platform team, you will develop web components, improve shared architecture, and manage AWS resources, ensuring high-quality development across Ancestry's web services.

Operate and maintain imaging equipment on-site to digitise archival documents, perform quality assurance on images, and carry out minor document preparation. Work to strict deadlines with training provided; requires basic IT ability and teamwork.

Operate and maintain imaging equipment to digitise archival documents, perform quality assurance on images, and carry out minor document preparation as permitted. Work to strict deadlines independently and in teams; training provided for equipment operation.

Own and optimize end-to-end CRM programs: campaign planning, segmentation, automation, testing, and reporting. Manage execution across CRM platforms, partner cross-functionally, leverage customer data and AI tools to drive engagement, retention, and subscription revenue, and support a Braze migration.

Lead design-engineering work to turn design explorations into testable, cross-platform prototypes and production-adjacent code. Partner with designers and engineers to ensure shipped web, iOS, and Android experiences match design intent and quality, extend the design system, and create reusable foundations, tools, and implementation frameworks.

Lead product strategy and roadmap for genetic genealogy features by partnering with engineering, design, data science, and content experts. Drive discovery through prototyping, user interviews, and experimentation; define APIs, matching logic, agentic workflows, and UI components that combine DNA insights with historical records; and deliver globally scalable, data-driven experiences that surface meaningful family connections.

Lead Product Designer focused on systems design: define and evolve interaction patterns, components, and design principles; identify cross-product fragmentation; embed with teams to unblock design; partner with research, engineering, and content to build scalable design systems, prototypes, and frameworks; drive alignment and influence product direction through systems thinking and facilitation.

Conduct expert U.S. genealogical research (18th–20th centuries) with emphasis on lineage societies, produce research logs and reports, manage multiple projects and client communication, meet billable-hour targets, collaborate with Research Managers, and apply DNA evidence and advanced evidence-analysis methodologies to resolve research problems.

Manage the technical publishing lifecycle for user-facing records: coordinate upstream fixes, transform and validate data using MySQL/SQL, triage and escalate tooling issues, run republishes, enforce multi-environment workflows, train peers, and improve production workflows including new MySQL procedures and AI-assisted automation.

Design, build, test, and deploy backend microservices for Ancestry Member Trees. Work on high-throughput, cloud-based systems, write unit tests, IaC, and guide AI agents to produce maintainable code while reviewing machine-generated output.

Conduct expert genealogical research, produce research logs and reports, manage client projects, and maintain high standards of quality and communication.

The Benefits Program Manager oversees the design and execution of global benefits programs, ensuring compliance and collaboration across HR, Finance, and Legal. Responsibilities include managing health, retirement, and wellness programs along with vendor relationships, compliance, and employee engagement strategies.

The Compensation & Equity Analyst administers compensation and equity programs, manages operations, ensures compliance, analyzes data, and improves employee experience.

The Principal Product Designer leads cross-product design initiatives, enhances customer journey consistency, collaborates with marketing, and translates research insights into actionable designs.

Lead content acquisition across the UK and Ireland by building relationships with archives, government and cultural institutions; identify, evaluate, and negotiate licensing deals; manage projects from discovery through digitisation and launch; partner with cross-functional teams to maximise collection value and member engagement; represent Ancestry at industry events.