Lead Software Developer
Content + Source + Freshness • 11 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value due to the dynamic role in a fast-growing company with significant development opportunities.
- Key role in defining product innovation
- Collaboration with dynamic teams across the company
- Potential for personal and professional growth
Pros
- Lead role with substantial impact on product development
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Remote working option adds flexibility
Cons
- Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
- Can be high-pressure with significant responsibilities
- Lack of specific salary information
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Remote
Good fit
- Experienced software leaders
- Candidates passionate about technology and team collaboration
- Professionals eager to make an impact in startup environments
Not recommended for
- Entry-level programmers without experience
- Individuals preferring less demanding roles
- Those who dislike remote work or flexible environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
LawnStarter is a marketplace that makes outdoor home services easy for homeowners while helping small businesses succeed. We've raised $25 million in venture funding and are growing fast. Are you a driven software engineer interested in helping give millions of Americans the freedom to spend time on what truly matters?
Working at LawnStarter offers you a chance to help solve the most important challenges in the home services space in an environment that’s fun, collaborative, and innovative. We are looking for smart, creative individuals who are passionate about innovation and aren't afraid to show it.
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Title: Lead Software Engineer
What you’ll do:
As a Lead Software Engineering at LawnStarter, you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers and be responsible for leading technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users. You will be empowered to drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products.
You’ll be in a hands-on development and technical lead role collaborating with our cross functional teams to help continue building the leading LawnStarter platform. Your focus will be architecting solutions, writing quality code, leading other engineers by example and solving technical challenges that will continue improving the experience of our users. You will become a key contributor to the codebase willing to work in any area of the code when needed. This can include JavaScript, PHP, Terraform or other backend/operations languages or technologies.
Our ability to deliver quality software to our customers in a timely, predictable manner will be directly attributable to your capacity to identify and address challenges faced by the initiatives you will be leading.
You’ll also:
- Lead the development of LawnStarter platform ensuring that we’re utilizing the best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks and libraries for those initiatives
- Own and ensure the 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 buydown opportunities and work with the engineering management team and the 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
