Software Engineering Manager

LawnStarter; Curitiba; Remote; BRL 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

LawnStarter is seeking an engineering leader to scale our delivery and people outcomes across a distributed team of 4–5 engineers. You will report to the Head of Engineering and help the platform scale into new service verticals with reliable shipping and strong team growth.

In this people-first role, you’ll mentor engineers, handle conflicts directly, and drive performance metrics. If AI-forward leadership and written communication matter as much as meetings, keep reading.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery teams in a software/engineering organization.
• Proven ability to coach and develop engineers while delivering product outcomes.
• Strong written communication and remote/team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional delivery teams of 4–5 engineers reporting to Head of Engineering.
• Ensure reliable delivery of projects and scalable platform growth.
• Mentor team members, address conflicts, and drive performance metrics.

Skills

Delivery leadership

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering leadership

Job description

About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all outdoor home services - pest control, pool cleaning, window cleaning, and more.

About Engineering at LawnStarter

Our engineering team builds the platform that connects hundreds of thousands of homeowners with over 70,000 active service pros. We operate three brands (LawnStarter, Lawn Love, HomeGnome) on shared infrastructure, and we're profitable and growing. Engineering here is fast - we ship constantly, we own our systems end-to-end, and we don't tolerate "not my problem." We have strong processes and existing engineering managers, so you're not building from scratch. You're raising the bar.

The Role

We're growing, and that means adding engineering leadership capacity to support new initiatives. You'll lead cross-functional delivery teams of 4–5 engineers, reporting to our Head of Engineering. Your job is to make sure your team ships reliably, grows professionally, and doesn't become a bottleneck as LawnStarter scales into new service verticals.

This is a people-first role. If your identity as an EM is primarily technical - if you'd rather review architecture than develop an underperformer - this isn't the right fit. If you're the manager who knows what every person on your team needs to grow, who handles conflict directly, and who can articulate team performance in metrics, keep reading.

What makes this role different:

• - You'll own both delivery AND people outcomes - neither can be delegated
• - Distributed team across time zones, so async leadership and written communication matter as much as meetings
• - We move fast and actually ship - you'll feel the difference between a team that's humming and one that's stuck
• - AI-forward is not a buzzword here - we expect you to lead your team on how to use it, not