Principal Software Engineer (Up to 150K USD annually)

**Principal Software Engineer** 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 from 120K \- 150K USD annually, depending on skills and experience + 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.**