LawnStarter is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead teams in turning product vision into high-quality software. You’ll partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to improve how we build and ship, focusing on people leadership, technical depth, and execution excellence.
What You'll Do
- Lead and grow exceptional engineering teams — recruit, mentor, and retain engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, trust, and continuous improvement.
- Drive predictable, high-quality delivery — help teams ship sustainably, on cadence, and with confidence.
- Partner cross-functionally — collaborate with Product Management, Design, Architecture, Security, and Quality Engineering from roadmap planning through delivery.
- Shape engineering processes — improve how we plan, build, track, and deliver as we scale both our product and organization.
- Guide technical decision-making — stay close enough to the work to support system design, incident response, and observability when needed.
- Build for scale — support distributed teams working across time zones, technologies, and stacks.
What We're Looking For
- Hands-on experience with modern web systems: server- and client-side development, cloud environments, RESTful APIs, React, MVC frameworks, security fundamentals (like XSS), and test-driven development.
- Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, Big-O notation, composition vs. inheritance, and ability to reason clearly about tradeoffs.
- Deep comfort with data and persistence layers: SQL and non-relational databases, indexing strategies, CRUD operations, and query optimization.
- Experience leading distributed teams across geographies, cultures, and time zones.
- A passion for developing people through coaching, feedback, and career growth.
Technical Stack
- React
- RESTful APIs
- MVC frameworks
- SQL
- Non-relational databases
Team & Environment
You will lead cross-functional delivery teams and report to the Head of Engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- Work from anywhere
- Structured work hours with reasonable flexibility for life events
- High ownership and autonomy
- Fast-moving team that loves to build, learn, and grow
- Compensation: 100K-120K USD annually
Work Mode
This role is global and supports a distributed workforce.
LawnStarter is an equal opportunity employer.
