Director/VP of Software
Help define the future of hardware development by building a collaboration platform for circuit designs, enabling the next generation of smart vehicles, IoT devices, rockets, medical devices, robotics, and much more.
At AllSpice, we're building the agile development environment for hardware designers, including a Git-friendly translation layer and automated CI/CD framework for native circuit designs — think GitHub/GitLab + Copilot for electronics.
Read more about our latest Series A announcement here https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/allspices-platform-is-the-github-for-electrical-engineering-teams/!
As Director/VP of Software, you will own AllSpice's product development strategy and execution while building and leading a growing engineering organization. This is a hands-on leadership role: roughly 60% management and strategic work, 40% individual contribution, reporting directly to the CTO. With ~3 technical team leads under your wing today, you need to be equally comfortable whiteboarding system architecture and jumping into a codebase alongside an engineer to solve difficult problems.
If you are passionate about building great software, growing high-performing teams, and translating customer needs into shipped product, this role is for you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
This is a high-impact role that comes with significant autonomy and requires a self-driven, strategic, and collaborative leader. You will own product development across the full stack — from our Go back-end and Rust parsing layer to our Vue/TypeScript front-end.
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE
- Own AllSpice's product development roadmap in close partnership with the CTO and Product Management
- Make architectural decisions that balance speed, scalability, and technical quality across multiple teams
- Align engineering priorities with business goals and customer needs, translating product requirements into clear technical plans
- Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions and manage technical de...