LawnStarter is hiring a
Lead Software Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Lead Software Engineering Contractor at LawnStarter, a leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care services. The role involves leading technical initiatives, driving continuous improvement, and architecting solutions. The position is fully remote and requires a MacBook system.

Requirements

• Experienced, full-stack engineer with fair amount of experience working on both server- and client-side web software
• Familiarity with cloud development, Test Driven Development (TDD), RESTful APIs, React, XSS attacks, MVC web frameworks
• Understanding of fundamental computer science concepts such as pointers, Big O notation, composition, inheritance, differences between array and linked list and set
• Firm grasp of SQL and databases (including non-relational databases) with knowledge of CRUD operations, indexes, joins

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users
• Drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to help continue building the LawnStarter platform
• Architect solutions, write quality code, and solve technical challenges that will improve the user experience
• Lead the development of LawnStarter platform ensuring best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks, and libraries are used
• Own and ensure 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 buy-down opportunities and work with the engineering management team and 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

Preferred Qualifications

CS degree is not required but ability to describe how a pointer works, what Big O notation is and how to use it, when to use composition and when to use inheritance and the differences between an array and a linked list and a set is expected

Benefits

• Great Culture: One of the top places to work in Austin in 2018, 2019, 2020, and in the US in 2021
• Fully remote position: Work remotely from anywhere you want