Director of SW Engineering

hireVouch$150K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in management
  • Experience leading engineering teams of 15+ members
  • Deep expertise in Go, Rust, and Vue/TypeScript
  • Startup experience at growth-stage companies (Series A-B) preferred
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
  • Background in DevOps or hardware-adjacent domains is a plus
  • US/Canada residency required; US citizenship preferred for ITAR compliance

Responsibilities

  • Own the product development roadmap with the CTO and Product Management
  • Translate business and customer goals into technical plans
  • Balance speed, scalability, and quality with strategic build-vs-buy decisions
  • Oversee and mentor approximately 5 technical team leads
  • Manage hiring and retention of engineering talent as the organization grows
  • Create growth paths for team members
  • Engage in code reviews, prototyping, and debugging

Benefits

  • Collaborative leadership environment
  • Opportunity to directly influence product development
  • Hands-on involvement in engineering tasks
  • Mentorship and growth opportunities for tech leads
  • Focus on innovative projects like 3D rendering engines
  • Dynamic work in a growth-stage startup setting
Full Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for a self-driven, strategic, and collaborative leader to serve as the Director/VP of Software . As the CTO's right hand , you will own product development across the full stack-from the Go back-end and Rust parsing layer to the Vue/TypeScript front-end .

This is a genuine hands-on role ; you are expected to operate as an individual contributor approximately 40% of the time , participating in code reviews, subbing in for engineers, and driving architecture discussions .

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Architecture
  • Own the product development roadmap in partnership with the CTO and Product Management .
  • Translate business goals and customer needs into clear technical plans .
  • Balance speed, scalability, and technical quality through strategic build-vs-buy decisions .

People Management & Team Building
  • Oversee and mentor ~5 technical team leads, fostering a culture of ownership .
  • Manage the hiring, development, and retention of engineering talent as the org scales .
  • Create growth paths for both individual contributors and managers .

Hands-on Engineering (40% of time)
  • Engage in code reviews, prototyping, and debugging complex problems .
  • Drive end-to-end web performance analysis (e.g., rendering complex CAD documents with 100k+ elements) .
  • Lead the development of specialized projects like a 3D rendering engine for PCBs .

Candidate Requirements
  • Experience: 8+ years in software engineering with 3+ years managing engineering teams .
  • Leadership: Ideally has experience leading organizations of 15+ engineers total.
  • Tech Stack: Deep experience with Go, Rust, and Vue/TypeScript .
  • Startup DNA: Experience at a growth-stage startup (Series A-B) is preferred over exclusive enterprise backgrounds.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in C.S. or an equivalent technical field.
  • Domain Knowledge: Background in DevOps, developer infra, or hardware-adjacent domains (IoT/Embedded) is a plus.
  • Citizenship: US/Canada residency and authorization required; US citizenship is a plus due to ITAR-regulated customers.

Tech Stack
  • Languages: Go, Rust, TypeScript .
  • Front-end: Vue, SVG, CSS Selectors .
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, CI/CD pipelines .

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