Staff Software Engineer, Product

About the role

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Product to lead initiatives on our shared platform that powers LawnStarter, Lawn Love and Home Gnome. You will work closely with a product manager and designer, own the full development lifecycle, and partner with AI coding agents to ship high‑quality features that move key metrics.

Key responsibilities

• Define technical approach, architecture, data models, integration and rollout plans for product initiatives.
• Guide AI coding agents, review and ensure production‑ready code meets quality standards.
• Collaborate daily with product managers and designers on scope, trade‑offs and UX decisions.
• Ship end‑to‑end features, monitor post‑launch metrics and iterate based on data.
• Make significant architectural decisions and present them for architect review.

Required profile

• Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive impact across the product.
• Experience delivering complex features in a fast‑moving marketplace environment.
• Comfortable working in small, cross‑functional teams and making autonomous technical decisions.
• Data‑driven approach to validate outcomes and iterate.

Required skills

• Software engineering expertise in building scalable web services.
• Proficiency with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Java).
• Experience with API design, data modeling, and observability tooling.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted coding tools and automated testing pipelines.
• Understanding of CI/CD, version control (Git) and cloud deployment.