Principal Software Engineer

LawnStarter; São Paulo; Teletrabalho; USD 100.000 - 120.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

LawnStarter is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their LATAM-based remote team. The role involves leading technical projects, collaborating on system design, and mentoring engineers. With a strong focus on cloud development and full-stack capabilities, this position offers the chance to have a real impact in the fast-growing outdoor services industry.

Serviços

Competitive contract rate

Flexible hours

Work from anywhere

High ownership and autonomy

Qualificações

• Experienced as a principal engineer or a lead full-stack engineer.
• Familiar with AWS or other cloud environments.
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate on system architecture and technical strategy.
• Lead technical initiatives across teams.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and pair programming.

Conhecimentos

Cloud Development

Server-side Software Development

Client-side Software Development

Test Driven Development

Database Management

Formação académica

Relevant Engineering Degree or Equivalent Experience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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This range is provided by LawnStarter. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $120,000.00/yr

We're urgently hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our growing LATAM-based remote team.

Help Us Build the Future of Outdoor Services

At LawnStarter, we're transforming the $100B+ outdoor home services industry—making it easier for homeowners to book, manage, and enjoy services like lawn care, landscaping, and more. With $30M+ in venture funding and solid traction, we're investing in the next generation of our platform—and we're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help drive it.

See what we're building

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 real momentum—you'll help define what comes next
  
  

Our Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: PHP (Laravel), JavaScript (React, React Native, Vue)
• Cloud Services: AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS, Aurora, Redshift)
• Approach: We're not fixated on specific languages. If you have strong engineering fundamentals and experience with any mainstream object-oriented language, we believe you can quickly learn and adapt to our tech stack
  
  

What You'll Do

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.
  
  

Requirements

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is:

Experienced:

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.

Technically Proficient:

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.

Database-Savvy:

• Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases, and understand operations like CRUD, indexes, and joins.
• Cloud Infrastructure Expert:
• Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, Aurora) and utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
• Customer-Centric:
• 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.

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's grow together.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

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