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Job Description
Join a fast-growing, venture-backed marketplace revolutionizing the outdoor home services industry. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll drive technical initiatives, build scalable solutions, and mentor engineers to deliver significant impact for millions of users.
Key Information
- Location Model: N/A
- Location Details: N/A
- Salary Range: N/A
- Years Experience Min: N/A
- Employment Type: N/A
- Company Industry: Marketplace (Outdoor Home Services)
- Visa Sponsorship: N/A
- Relocation Assistance: N/A
- Working Hours: N/A
Technical Stack
- Core (Must-Have):
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Nice-to-Have:
- Terraform
- Other backend/operations languages/technologies
Role & Responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical initiatives from inception to delivery.
- Architect solutions and write high-quality code.
- Lead and mentor other engineers by example.
- Resolve complex system problems and integrations.
- Identify and prioritize technical debt opportunities.
- Must-Have Qualifications:
- Proven hands-on development experience.
- Experience leading technical initiatives.
- Ability to architect scalable solutions.
- Experience working across different areas of a codebase (JavaScript, PHP mentioned).
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Experience with Terraform.
- Knowledge of architectural patterns and libraries.
- Experience with automated testing strategies.
Company & Culture
- Benefits Highlights:
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- Potential Red Flags / Things to Note:
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- Company Culture Snippets:
- Fun, collaborative, and innovative environment.
- Emphasis on continuous improvement and ROI.
LawnStarter is a marketplace that makes outdoor home services easy for homeowners while helping small businesses succeed. We've raised $25 million in venture funding and are growing fast. Are you a driven software engineer interested in helping give millions of Americans the freedom to spend time on what truly matters?Working at LawnStarter offers you a chance to help solve the most important challenges in the home services space in an environment that’s fun, collaborative, and innovative. We are looking for smart, creative individuals who are passionate about innovation and aren't afraid to show it.Title: Lead Software EngineerWhat you’ll do:As a Lead Software Engineering at LawnStarter, you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers and be responsible for leading technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users. You will be empowered to drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products. You’ll be in a hands-on development and technical lead role collaborating with our cross functional teams to help continue building the leading LawnStarter platform. Your focus will be architecting solutions, writing quality code, leading other engineers by example and solving technical challenges that will continue improving the experience of our users. You will become a key contributor to the codebase willing to work in any area of the code when needed. This can include JavaScript, PHP, Terraform or other backend/operations languages or technologies.Our ability to deliver quality software to our customers in a timely, predictable manner will be directly attributable to your capacity to identify and address challenges faced by the initiatives you will be leading. You’ll also: Lead the development of LawnStarter platform ensuring that we’re utilizing the best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks and libraries for those initiatives Own and ensure the resolution of complex problems found in our systems and integrations Find opportunities to broadcast knowledge and lessons learned across delivery teams Delegate to teammates and work with them to ensure they're successful Identify technical debt buydown opportunities and work with the engineering management team and the product management team to prioritize these activities Ensure patterns are in place to provide thorough automated testing with tests at each level of the test pyramid Communicate patterns and solutions through both thorough written documentation and technical presentations
LawnStarter is a marketplace that makes outdoor home services easy for homeowners while helping small businesses succeed. We've raised $25 million in venture funding and are growing fast. Are you a driven software engineer interested in helping give millions of Americans the freedom to spend time on what truly matters?
Working at LawnStarter offers you a chance to help solve the most important challenges in the home services space in an environment that’s fun, collaborative, and innovative. We are looking for smart, creative individuals who are passionate about innovation and aren't afraid to show it.
Title: Lead Software Engineer
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
As a Lead Software Engineering at LawnStarter, you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers and be responsible for leading technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users. You will be empowered to drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products.
You’ll be in a hands-on development and technical lead role collaborating with our cross functional teams to help continue building the leading LawnStarter platform. Your focus will be architecting solutions, writing quality code, leading other engineers by example and solving technical challenges that will continue improving the experience of our users. You will become a key contributor to the codebase willing to work in any area of the code when needed. This can include JavaScript, PHP, Terraform or other backend/operations languages or technologies.
Our ability to deliver quality software to our customers in a timely, predictable manner will be directly attributable to your capacity to identify and address challenges faced by the initiatives you will be leading.
You’ll also:
- Lead the development of LawnStarter platform ensuring that we’re utilizing the best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks and libraries for those initiatives
- Own and ensure the resolution of complex problems found in our systems and integrations
- Find opportunities to broadcast knowledge and lessons learned across delivery teams
- Delegate to teammates and work with them to ensure they're successful
- Identify technical debt buydown opportunities and work with the engineering management team and the product management team to prioritize these activities
- Ensure patterns are in place to provide thorough automated testing with tests at each level of the test pyramid
- Communicate patterns and solutions through both thorough written documentation and technical presentations
LawnStarter is a marketplace that makes outdoor home services easy for homeowners while helping small businesses succeed. We've raised $25 million in venture funding and are growing fast. Are you a driven software engineer interested in helping give millions of Americans the freedom to spend time on what truly matters?
Working at LawnStarter offers you a chance to help solve the most important challenges in the home services space in an environment that’s fun, collaborative, and innovative. We are looking for smart, creative individuals who are passionate about innovation and aren't afraid to show it.
Title: Lead Software Engineer
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
As a Lead Software Engineering at LawnStarter, you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers and be responsible for leading technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users. You will be empowered to drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products.
You’ll be in a hands-on development and technical lead role collaborating with our cross functional teams to help continue building the leading LawnStarter platform. Your focus will be architecting solutions, writing quality code, leading other engineers by example and solving technical challenges that will continue improving the experience of our users. You will become a key contributor to the codebase willing to work in any area of the code when needed. This can include JavaScript, PHP, Terraform or other backend/operations languages or technologies.
Our ability to deliver quality software to our customers in a timely, predictable manner will be directly attributable to your capacity to identify and address challenges faced by the initiatives you will be leading.
You’ll also:
- Lead the development of LawnStarter platform ensuring that we’re utilizing the best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks and libraries for those initiatives
- Own and ensure the resolution of complex problems found in our systems and integrations
- Find opportunities to broadcast knowledge and lessons learned across delivery teams
- Delegate to teammates and work with them to ensure they're successful
- Identify technical debt buydown opportunities and work with the engineering management team and the product management team to prioritize these activities
- Ensure patterns are in place to provide thorough automated testing with tests at each level of the test pyramid
- Communicate patterns and solutions through both thorough written documentation and technical presentations
Job Details
Location
Remote / Brazil / Argentina / Mexico
Key Skills
JavascriptPhpTerraform