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# VP of Engineering at Cambium

- **Company:** Cambium
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $250k–$320k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cambium/434063a2-f596-48c8-a41b-69311d5f3581

## Job description

Cambium is the AI-powered platform modernizing the wood economy, and we're looking for a seasoned engineering leader whose business instincts are as sharp as their technical depth. As VP of Engineering, you'll own the engineering organization behind a data heavy product that helps wood buyers and suppliers make better decisions and build better physical products — the team, the delivery systems, and the standards it's held to. Some of our digital platform is in production; much of it is still 0→1, and you're the kind of leader who moves without waiting for all the answers.

You'll partner closely with the CEO and the Senior Director of Product. Product owns the what and the why; you own how the organization delivers: people, process, and budget. You'll have the latitude to shape the team to fit where the platform is headed rather than inherit it as-is. This is a role for a decisive leader who'll roll up their sleeves early, bring the discipline to scale, and earn trust through action.

## What You'll Do Here

- Champion engineering across the company: bridge business needs and engineering reality with non-technical stakeholders — clearly, directly, without ego.
- Partner directly with the Senior Director of Product and CEO to align technical execution with product strategy and ensure Cambium's technology improves user experience, data transparency, and operational functionality.
- Build, mentor, and scale the engineering team: hiring, career ladders, performance, and retention. Culture, craft, and ownership are non-negotiable.
- Put in place the processes, team structure, and capacity planning that let a growing team ship predictably.
- Own the engineering budget and technology strategy, including build-vs-buy decisions, vendor selection, and how AI tooling factors into headcount and team design.
- Own the data strategy across business systems of record like NetSuite and Hubspot (owned by other depts) and our custom platform (owned by engineering): set the standards for how they exchange data and which one is the source of truth.
- Apply AI/ML tooling with intention — enhancing platform capabilities without losing focus on resilience and scalability.

## Your Skill Sets and Capabilities Include

- 15+ years leading engineering teams at scale; Series B or growth-stage experience required. A track record of hiring, mentoring, and building cultures of ownership.
- Deep technical foundation: you've designed and shipped complex systems in domains like logistics, fintech, and customer-facing platforms, and can still stress-test an architecture, challenge assumptions, and make a build-vs-buy call. You measure your impact by what the organization ships, not by your own output.
- Familiar with the challenges of keeping data consistent across multiple databases — sync issues, conflicting sources of truth, schema drift — and has worked through both technical and organizational solutions to address those challenges.
- Proven ability to move through ambiguity without losing momentum or dropping projects.
- Strong backbone: you give and receive direct feedback, push back with conviction, and build trust through honesty. You collaborate closely with other teams, translating complex business requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Actively evaluates and stress-tests AI/ML tooling for real workflow integration — not just awareness, but hands-on judgment about what ships and what doesn't, including how it factors into headcount and team structure decisions.
- Bachelor's in CS or Engineering; master's preferred.

The Details

- This role will report to: Ben Christensen, CEO
- Salary Range: $250,000 - $320,000 plus bonus
- When: We’re looking to fill this role immediately
- Where: San Francisco, CA hybrid 3x/week

## Benefits and Perks

- Equity options package
- Unlimited PTO and flexible schedule
- 401k matching
- Comprehensive medical, dental & vision insurance
- Work with an incredibly smart, diverse, climate mission-driven team
- An opportunity to play a core role in defining our fast-growing company
- Volunteer tree planting days

Cambium 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 hope you feel welcome here. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

## About Cambium

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cambium builds modern supply chains for the built environment by salvaging waste logs and converting them into sustainable, traceable materials such as Carbon Smart™ Wood and mass timber.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – $18.5M raised in February 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, DC, USA (with additional offices in Halethorpe, MD; Baltimore, MD; and San Francisco, CA)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Ben Christensen (CEO), Marisa Repka (COO/CFO), Theo Hooker (COO), Stephan Herrera (CMO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Circular economy / Sustainable building materials / Greentech
- **Target customers**: B2B – architecture, construction, real estate developers, and mass timber manufacturers
- **Mission**: To reduce the millions of logs wasted each year by creating modern supply chains that deliver high-performance, low-carbon materials for a more sustainable built environment.

## Products & Services
- **Carbon Smart™ Wood**: Reclaimed lumber sourced from urban and salvage logs, processed and graded for structural use.
- **Mass Timber (CLT)**: The first cross-laminated timber (CLT) product made from salvaged wood, enabling carbon-storing, large-scale construction.
- **Supply Chain Technology**: A platform that simplifies sourcing, pricing, and traceability of salvaged wood, connecting suppliers with buyers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $2.1M (LinkedIn data) – private company; total funding raised ~$31.3M across multiple reports (conflicting: $28.5M per Tracxn, $31.27M per CBInsights)
- **Notable Investors**: MaC Venture Capital (lead in several rounds), Climate Capital, VoLo Earth Ventures, Revolution Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and others.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew 17.8% YoY to 54 employees (as of mid-2026)
  - Acquired Forward Forestry in August 2024 to expand wood supply
  - Launched mass timber (CLT) product in early 2025
  - 6 active job postings (Senior Software Engineer, SVP Supply Chain, CFO, etc.)
  - Strong LinkedIn follower growth (+61.8% YoY)

## Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary supply chain technology that tracks and certifies each piece of salvaged wood (full traceability)
- First mover in producing mass timber from salvaged urban logs, turning a waste stream into a premium structural material
- U.S.-based sourcing and manufacturing, reducing transportation emissions
- Strong circular-economy narrative and carbon-sequestration benefits

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling mass timber production to serve large commercial projects
- Expanding the supplier network through M&A (e.g., Forward Forestry) and technology platform
- Building out sales and operations teams across multiple regional hubs (Baltimore, Washington DC, San Francisco, Southeast U.S.)
- Driving adoption of Carbon Smart™ Wood as a standard alternative to virgin lumber

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: Deeply mission-driven company tackling climate change and wood waste – attractive to purpose-oriented job seekers
- **Work Model**: Hybrid–remote blend; employees work from home and in-office (offices in Washington DC, Baltimore, San Francisco)
- **Team**: Lean but growing (54 employees), collaborative startup environment with flat hierarchy
- **Open Roles**: Senior-level positions (Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Partnerships) indicate scaling phase
- **Perks**: Not detailed but likely include equity, flexible work, and impact-driven culture (typical for VC-backed greentech startups)

## Sources
1. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/cambium-carbon)
2. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cambium-carbon)
3. [linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/company/cambium-carbon)
4. [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cambium-carbon/__V9i-oQNCFHcW5VQRVwu2lE0vSCttK2eI4Je6GIMYwgA)

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