Overview
We\u2019re urgently hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our growing LATAM-based remote team. LawnStarter is transforming the $100B+ outdoor home services industry, helping homeowners book, manage, and enjoy services like lawn care and landscaping. With $30M+ in venture funding, we\u2019re investing in the next generation of our platform.
Base pay range
$115,000.00/yr - $140,000.00/yr
LawnStarter provided pay range. Your presente pay will be based on your skills and experience talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Why this role rocks
- Own What You Build Lead projects end-to-end with full autonomy and real impact
- Remote & Flexible Work from anywhere and set your own hours
- Build Meaningful Tech Help shape the tools that thousands of homeowners and service pros rely on daily
- Join at the Right Time We have strong product-market fit and momentum
Our Tech Stack
- Languages & Frameworks: PHP (Laravel), JavaScript (React, React Native, Vue)
- Cloud Services: AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS, Aurora, Redshift)
- Approach: Strong engineering fundamentals with the ability to learn new languages quickly
Your responsibilities
- Collaborate on designing and implementing system architecture, technical strategy, and engineering standards
- Lead technical initiatives across teams, ensuring alignment with architectural direction and goals
- Build and maintain platform-level components, services, and libraries to improve efficiency and maintainability
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and hands-on guidance
- Contribute to server-side and client-side development across the full stack
- Write and review technical design documents, system diagrams, and reference implementations
- Evaluate and adopt new tools, frameworks, and best practices to improve the platform
- Enhance observability, performance, scalability, and security throughout the system
- Share knowledge to foster team growth and improvement
What we\u2019re looking for
- Experience as a principal engineer, lead full-stack engineer, or in a similar senior role
- Strong server-side and client-side development skills
- Cloud development experience (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
- Experience with TDD, RESTful APIs, React, MVC frameworks, and security concerns (e.g., XSS)
- Fundamental CS knowledge (Big O notation, data structures, etc.)
- Database proficiency with SQL and NoSQL; understanding CRUD, indexes, and joins
- Cloud infrastructure expertise (e.g., AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, Aurora) and Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
- Customer-centric mindset focused on clean code, quality, and reliability
All LawnStarter team members are expected to embody our core values: Be data-driven, Get things done, People are critical, Challenge the status quo, Be scrappy, and Be the Customer.
VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER: Please upload your English resume applications without it will not be considered.
Benefits
- Perks of Working with Us
- Competitive contract rate
- Work from anywhere
- Flexible hours get the work done on your schedule
- High ownership and autonomy
- Fast-moving team that loves to build, learn, and grow
LawnStarter is building the future of outdoor home services. Want to help us shape it? Apply now and let\u2019s grow together.
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Software Engineering
Industries
- Telecommunications
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