Sr. Software Engineer (Parsing and Datastructures)

Help shape the future of hardware development.

At AllSpice, we’re turning opaque binary design files into open, scriptable data, and building a common interface layer for hardware development—think GitHub for electronics.

We’re the first and only company focused on modernizing the hardware development process, making it faster and more collaborative. Our tools include a git-friendly translation layer and a native CI/CD framework for circuit designs, enabling the same agile workflows software teams have enjoyed for years.

Read more about us in TechCrunch here, and our latest Series A announcement here!

We’re looking for a backend engineer to help us improve our parsing engine for electronics design files. Your work will directly enable automation for design review, release, and documentation—key building blocks of a hardware DevOps system.

Our stack

• Rust back-end parsing layer for ECAD (electrical computer-aided design) files

• Github for code review

About the role

This is a high-impact role where you’ll work closely with the team to expand and improve our input parsing layer. You’ll contribute to the architecture that powers hardware automation, and should be excited about systems programming and working closely with the data.

Experience required: 2+ years in systems-level software development.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Designing and refining for ECAD data

• Parsing binary file formats

• Analyzing performance tradeoffs of algorithms and data structures

• Profiling and optimizing for speed, memory, and parallelism

• Testing from raw file input through to rendered SVG output

• Driving improvements across the parsing stack

Example projects:

• Speed up our parsing engine via:

  • smarter caching

  • library evaluation/replacement

  • multithreading and parallelization

• Optimize SVG output for better frontend performance

• Extend support for new ECAD file formats

• Standardize and document our internal data model

• Build backend APIs for design data processing

Relevant skills

• Lexical analysis and parsing generally

• Rust, or similar low-level/system languages (C/C++, Zig, etc.)

• Hex editors and binary debugging tools

• SVG and rendering logic

• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

• Algorithm and data structure design

• Hardware design or ECAD tools (nice to have, but not required)

Benefits

Join a team of supportive and intelligent colleagues, enjoy flexible work arrangements, seize the opportunity to make a significant impact, receive a competitive salary & equity, health, dental, vision benefits, generous PTO, and a home office stipend.