Principal Software Engineer, LawnStarter

$180-210k

PHP

SQL

React

AWS

React Native

GCP

JavaScript

Vue.js

Azure

Redshift

Laravel

MVC

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Lawn maintenance marketplace

Job no longer available

Lawn maintenance marketplace

201-500 employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceHome improvement

Job no longer available

$180-210k

PHP

SQL

React

AWS

React Native

GCP

JavaScript

Vue.js

Azure

Redshift

Laravel

MVC

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

201-500 employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceHome improvement

Company mission

To make life easier and enable people to save their time for what really matters. They are setting out to make running a home services business dead simple.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A principal engineer, lead full-stack engineer, or someone with relevant experience in similar roles
Highly skilled in both server-side and client-side software development
Familiar with cloud development (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
Experienced with Test Driven Development (TDD), RESTful APIs, React, MVC frameworks, and security concerns (e.g., XSS attacks)
Fundamentally Strong in Computer Science Concepts:
You can explain concepts like Big O notation, pointers, composition vs. inheritance, and data structures such as arrays, sets, and linked lists
Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases, and understand operations like CRUD, indexes, and joins
Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, Aurora) and utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
Passionate about clean code and building customer-driven solutions with a focus on quality and reliability
All team members at LawnStater are expected to embody our core values which are: Be data-driven, Get shit done, People are critical, Challenge the status quo, Be scrappy, and Be the Customer

What the job involves

We’re currently hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our growing remote team
As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with the Software Architect and other engineers to:
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 that enhance engineering efficiency and system maintainability
Mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and hands-on guidance
Contribute directly to both server-side and client-side development across the entire stack
Write and review technical design documents, system diagrams, and reference implementations
Evaluate and implement new tools, frameworks, and best practices to continuously improve our platform
Enhance observability, performance, scalability, and security throughout our system
Share knowledge and insights to foster team growth and improvement

Our take

When it comes to lawn maintenance, many homeowners typically have to deal with several contractors. This can make lawn care more complicated and expensive than it needs to be. LawnStarter solves this problem by aggregating lawn mowing, fertilizing, and maintenance into one convenient purchase point.

As a marketplace, LawnStarter focuses on helping existing lawn care businesses grow, rather than trying to push their own services. This differentiates them from other providers. The company has seen impressive growth since it was first founded, and it now operates in 120 cities around the US. According to LawnStarter's CEO, the company's revenue has grown at a rate of 100% a year since its inception.

To date, LawnStarter has raised around $18 million in funding and surpassed $100 million in bookings, which is a testament to investors' and customers' confidence in the product. This confidence will be instrumental to LawnStarter's future success, as the lawn care market has grown increasingly competitive in recent years.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Trustpilot (4.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2019

$10.5m

EARLY VC

Jun 2015

$6m

SERIES A

Total funding: $17.8m

Company benefits

Flexible remote schedule

Company HQ

Financial District, Austin, TX

Leadership

Steve Corcoran

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founded SigmaBits, and served as Co-CEO of SEED.

Ryan Farley

(Co-Founder)

Previously worked as a Senior Business Analyst in Capital One's Card Partnerships Analytics team.

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