Software Architect (Up to 150K USD annually)

**Software Architect** We’re urgently hiring a **Software Architect** to join our growing 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](https://youtu.be/tuyXhzGvo5s?feature=shared) 🌟 **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 **Software Architect**, you’ll work closely the engineering team 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. ### 🔍 What We’re Looking For * We’re looking for someone who is: * **Experienced:** * A software architect, 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 the Customer, and AI or Annihilation.** **VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER: Please upload your English resume—applications without it will not be considered.** * 🎁 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.**