Lead Software Developer

Summary

Join LawnStarter's growing LATAM-based remote team as a Lead Software Engineer and help build the future of the outdoor home services industry. Lead projects end-to-end, work remotely with flexible hours, and build meaningful tech used by thousands daily. This role offers high ownership and autonomy, allowing you to shape the company's future. You will collaborate with product and design teams, write production code, influence architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in a lead or senior role, strong full-stack skills, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior-level role
• Strong full-stack skills (we’re flexible on exact languages/frameworks)
• A deep understanding of software design, performance optimization, and testing
• Comfort navigating across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
• Solid database skills (SQL + familiarity with non-relational systems)
• Great communication skills and the ability to work independently
• A collaborative, humble approach—you value the team as much as the tech

Responsibilities

• Lead projects end-to-end with full autonomy and real impact
• Work from anywhere and set your own hours
• Help shape the tools that thousands of homeowners and service pros rely on daily
• Scoping a new customer feature with the product team
• Pairing with another engineer on a tricky bug
• Reviewing PRs and sharing feedback
• Building out a scalable backend service or dashboard
• Deploying to production and monitoring performance
• Lead technical initiatives from design to delivery
• Drive architectural decisions and best practices
• Tackle performance and scalability challenges
• Guide and mentor other developers
• Collaborate across teams to ship fast and iterate quickly

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in marketplaces, SaaS platforms, or remote teams

Benefits

• Competitive contract rate
• Work from anywhere
• Flexible hours—get the work done on your schedule
• High ownership and autonomy