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VP of Technology

Imagine

What if ordering, planting, and maintaining a tree was as easy as ordering a pizza? What if consumers were always 3 clicks away from unequivocally good products?


Cambium Carbon is an early-stage circular economy company reforesting America by enabling local wood economies. By saving fallen city trees from landfills, turning them into their best use, and channeling revenues into new tree planting, Cambium is creating this unexpected climate solution. This

wood is currently used at small scales in cities across the country. This is where you come in! The industry needs a single, unifying platform to amplify the market by connecting supply to demand at scale—while positively impacting people and the planet. Technology sits at the center of this.


Supply exists in the form of millions of trees falling in US cities each year. Demand for local, sustainable, impactful products continues to rise. Cambium Carbon is tech-enabling urban forestry to connect supply and demand in a way that has never been done before.


A Unique Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced, impact—and values—driven team that is committed to utilizing technology to amplify local impact in communities across the country. Urban wood reuse can only become a scalable, impactful circular economy when we create the right technology to support it.


As VP of Technology, you will have the chance to design and build this platform to enable Cambium Carbon’s strategic vision. From back-end architecture and front-end customer experience to strategic planning and network effect, you will be the senior technical leader helping craft and execute Cambium’s tech strategy. You will be responsible for hiring & managing the software team while working closely with our Sales and Tree Planting teams to create Cambium’s platform.


You will join an ambitious team and help build this movement—scaling our impact and business across the country. We love what we do, are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to do it, and are looking forward to seeing if you are a great fit.


Who You Are:

  • You love solving problems, whether they’re database and code-related or tied to climate change.
  • You are a self-starter with experience working in fast-paced, customer-obsessed organizations. You don’t wait for someone to give you a to-do list; you have an innate ability to anticipate and plan.
  • You are a leader who can rally a team to execute exceptionally over and over again
  • Communicating inside and out of the organization is second nature to you. You value input from clients, senior leadership, direct reports, and other team members.
  • You can design and build to meet current needs while anticipating future ones
  • You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are resourceful in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty while prioritizing multiple responsibilities
  • You have a deep understanding of technical concepts and can communicate strategic trade-offs
  • You are hands-on with your team and love the role of Player-Coach, helping them develop and hone their skills while being an individual contributor yourself


You will be accountable for:

  • Enabling the founder’s vision for Cambium Carbon through technology
  • Working collaboratively with the development team and CTO to iterate and deliver software products that wow our customers
  • Supporting the pursuit of new technology program opportunities with other customers/partners
  • Working closely with CTO and UI/UX lead to develop to spec an ever-evolving product backlog
  • Prioritizing projects and directing resources accordingly
  • Assessing competitors’ technologies and technical capabilities and providing leadership with recommendations
  • Planning and coordinating new technology development into new business / product lines while maintaining (and sunsetting as necessary) legacy code
  • Researching, identifying, and providing assessments for any business area potential technology acquisitions
  • Contributing to hiring and managing an engineering team or any other related technical roles


Basic Qualifications (Required)

  • BS in computer science from accredited 4-year institution or proven equivalent experience.
  • Prior experience as a VP of Technology or similar leadership role.
  • Knowledge of technological trends to inform strategy.
  • Understanding of and practical experience creating secure user accounts and use- and role-based permissions
  • Love of and appreciation for code pairing, unit testing, and meticulously commenting code
  • Understanding of software development, particularly PHP / MYSQL.
  • Work experience, open-source code, or coursework in any of the following languages: C/C++, Java, C#, Python/Django, Ruby/Ruby on Rails
  • Evidence of exposure to architectural patterns of a large, high-scale web application (e.g.,welldesigned APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms).
  • Able to build and maintain healthy relationships across departments, particularly with UX/UI, product, and sales staff
  • Ability to conduct technological analyses and research
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Leadership abilities and a desire to mentor the careers and development of other engineers
  • Strategic thinking
  • 5+ years strong technical and engineering skills—including hands-on engineering experience
  • Experience with Agile development
  • Experienced in delivering products built on AWS or other cloud platforms


Preferred Qualifications

  • Understanding of budgets and business-planning and can manage many projects and priorities at once.


Culture

At Cambium Carbon, culture propels us forward. Our culture is not 'one-size-fits-all' or stagnant. Culture is the daily practice of our values, and everyone at Cambium has a responsibility to add and deepen our culture. Culture is a living, breathing entity, and we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone is respected and heard. That said, we have several core values we look for as a starting point:


  • To manage a complex system and build an amazing team, communication is key. You seek to understand before being understood. You use 3 words instead of 10, and you constructively engage with teammates to discover the best option.
  • Doing something great takes courage. You question actions inconsistent with (y)our values. You take calculated risks. You leave your ego at the door, and you take extreme ownership of your mistakes.
  • Creating something new requires curiosity. You are eager to learn, fail, and learn more, and you are not afraid of a challenge just because it hasn’t been done before.
  • We are a gritty team. You view failures as learning opportunities. You relish every moment to challenge yourself and positively impact the world.
  • We are impact-focused. You are proactive despite uncertainty. You consistently deliver exceptional work, and you take and deliver feedback well to maximize impact.


Diversity

Cambium Carbon is committed to building an inclusive organization that reflects the diverse communities our team works to serve.


We believe that diversity in all its forms (gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, veteran's status, disability and more) is essential to imagining and actively building a more just and sustainable future for all. We also actively promote diversity outside our organization, through the partnerships we enter into and the business decisions we make.


Benefits & Compensation

  • Health Insurance (medical, vision & dental)
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible schedule
  • Being part of an exciting, fast-paced team changing the world
  • Equity Plan
  • Local volunteer opportunities


Location

While COVID has forced us—like many businesses—to work remotely, it is our expectation that this role will work out of our Washington, DC office when safe to do so.


Timeline

Position to be filled by May 10th for a June 1st start date.

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