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Principal Quality Engineer

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About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all home services.

About Engineering Quality at LawnStarter

Our QA team is growing, and we're investing real money in better test coverage. We already have shared quality standards and a QA squad that organizes itself horizontally across teams. What we don't have is someone dedicated to owning that vision: every QA is heads-down on their own team, so nobody has the room to drive the standards forward, unify how the squad works, or push the state of the art. That's the gap this role fills. It's not a nice-to-have we're adding because things are going well. It's the structure and leadership we need to make what we've already built actually compound.

The Role

You'll be LawnStarter's first Principal Quality Engineer, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. We already have quality standards, working CI/CD gates, and AI tooling in the mix. Nobody owns the vision behind all of it, drives it forward, or leads the QA squad that keeps it running. You will.

Job Skills

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Principal Quality Engineer

posted by: spj_bot

About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all home services.

About Engineering Quality at LawnStarter

Our QA team is growing, and we're investing real money in better test coverage. We already have shared quality standards and a QA squad that organizes itself horizontally across teams. What we don't have is someone dedicated to owning that vision: every QA is heads-down on their own team, so nobody has the room to drive the standards forward, unify how the squad works, or push the state of the art. That's the gap this role fills. It's not a nice-to-have we're adding because things are going well. It's the structure and leadership we need to make what we've already built actually compound.

The Role

You'll be LawnStarter's first Principal Quality Engineer, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. We already have quality standards, working CI/CD gates, and AI tooling in the mix. Nobody owns the vision behind all of it, drives it forward, or leads the QA squad that keeps it running. You will.

Job Skills

quality strategy color performance management incident response packaged process leadership mentorship product team reading embedding reach test generation managing rolling people management manage governing code review planned marketplace test automation quality engineer management quality engineering reads visual collaboratively dashboards write parachute investing real tooling sync manager nice test suites analytical m functional testing accountability applicable state workflows generation code audit performance test advise genetics production quality emulators API stage budgets communicated building software managed performance adding test strategy engineering quality infrastructure disability performance review engineering forward executing engineering managers added improving quality lawn care
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Principal Quality Engineer

posted by: spj_bot

About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all home services.

About Engineering Quality at LawnStarter

Our QA team is growing, and we're investing real money in better test coverage. We already have shared quality standards and a QA squad that organizes itself horizontally across teams. What we don't have is someone dedicated to owning that vision: every QA is heads-down on their own team, so nobody has the room to drive the standards forward, unify how the squad works, or push the state of the art. That's the gap this role fills. It's not a nice-to-have we're adding because things are going well. It's the structure and leadership we need to make what we've already built actually compound.

The Role

You'll be LawnStarter's first Principal Quality Engineer, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. We already have quality standards, working CI/CD gates, and AI tooling in the mix. Nobody owns the vision behind all of it, drives it forward, or leads the QA squad that keeps it running. You will.

Job Skills

quality strategy color performance management incident response packaged process leadership mentorship product team reading embedding reach test generation managing rolling people management manage governing code review planned marketplace test automation quality engineer management quality engineering reads visual collaboratively dashboards write parachute investing real tooling sync manager nice test suites analytical m functional testing accountability applicable state workflows generation code audit performance test advise genetics production quality emulators API stage budgets communicated building software managed performance adding test strategy engineering quality infrastructure disability performance review engineering forward executing engineering managers added improving quality lawn care
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Principal Quality Engineer

posted by: spj_bot

About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all home services.

About Engineering Quality at LawnStarter

Our QA team is growing, and we're investing real money in better test coverage. We already have shared quality standards and a QA squad that organizes itself horizontally across teams. What we don't have is someone dedicated to owning that vision: every QA is heads-down on their own team, so nobody has the room to drive the standards forward, unify how the squad works, or push the state of the art. That's the gap this role fills. It's not a nice-to-have we're adding because things are going well. It's the structure and leadership we need to make what we've already built actually compound.

The Role

You'll be LawnStarter's first Principal Quality Engineer, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. We already have quality standards, working CI/CD gates, and AI tooling in the mix. Nobody owns the vision behind all of it, drives it forward, or leads the QA squad that keeps it running. You will.

Job Skills

quality strategy color performance management incident response packaged process leadership mentorship product team reading embedding reach test generation managing rolling people management manage governing code review planned marketplace test automation quality engineer management quality engineering reads visual collaboratively dashboards write parachute investing real tooling sync manager nice test suites analytical m functional testing accountability applicable state workflows generation code audit performance test advise genetics production quality emulators API stage budgets communicated building software managed performance adding test strategy engineering quality infrastructure disability performance review engineering forward executing engineering managers added improving quality lawn care
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Tech Lead (Go) - Software Engineering

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We are looking for a strong Tech Lead with deep software engineering and backend expertise to lead a small engineering team and take ownership of technical decisions, architecture, and engineering quality.

This is a hands-on role — you will drive the technical direction of the team while staying deeply involved in production development, architecture, and solving complex engineering challenges.

You will lead a small cross-functional team consisting of 3 Software Engineers and 2 QA Engineers.

Our core backend stack is Go, so we are looking for someone with strong commercial Golang experience and a solid background in building scalable, distributed systems.

We also expect you to actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering quality, productivity, and development velocity.

Job Skills

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Data Capability Manager - RTG

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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Data Capability Manager to lead the delivery of a modern data platform for a strategic enterprise client, as part of one of our early and high-priority data transformation initiatives. The project is building on an initial phase that established the target architecture, delivery approach, and proof of concept. The next phase is focused on turning that foundation into a scalable, production-ready data platform using Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft Fabric at its core. As Data Delivery Lead, you will take ownership of the data workstream from planning through delivery. You will lead the data engineering team, work closely with project and architecture leads, and ensure that the platform is delivered to a high technical and delivery standard. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong data engineering experience with the ability to lead technical delivery and work confidently with both technical and business stakeholders.

What You'll Do

● Lead the delivery of the data platform workstream, from planning throughproduction.

● Translate the existing architecture and roadmap into clear technical deliverables and priorities.

● Lead and support the team throughout the delivery.

● Design and oversee data ingestion, transformation, modelling, and data quality activities.

Job Skills

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Principal Quality Engineer

posted by: spj_bot

About LawnStarter

LawnStarter is the nation's leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and related services, with over $150M in annual bookings. We're expanding beyond lawn care to become the one-stop shop for all home services.

About Engineering Quality at LawnStarter

Our QA team is growing, and we're investing real money in better test coverage. We already have shared quality standards and a QA squad that organizes itself horizontally across teams. What we don't have is someone dedicated to owning that vision: every QA is heads-down on their own team, so nobody has the room to drive the standards forward, unify how the squad works, or push the state of the art. That's the gap this role fills. It's not a nice-to-have we're adding because things are going well. It's the structure and leadership we need to make what we've already built actually compound.

The Role

You'll be LawnStarter's first Principal Quality Engineer, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. We already have quality standards, working CI/CD gates, and AI tooling in the mix. Nobody owns the vision behind all of it, drives it forward, or leads the QA squad that keeps it running. You will.

Job Skills

quality strategy color performance management incident response packaged process leadership mentorship product team reading embedding reach test generation managing rolling people management manage governing code review planned marketplace test automation quality engineer management quality engineering reads visual collaboratively dashboards write parachute investing real tooling sync manager nice test suites analytical m functional testing accountability applicable state workflows generation code audit performance test advise genetics production quality emulators API stage budgets communicated building software managed performance adding test strategy engineering quality infrastructure disability performance review engineering forward executing engineering managers added improving quality lawn care
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Lead FullStack Engineer

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We are looking for a Lead FullStack Engineer with strong backend expertise to help us build reliable, scalable, and high-quality products.

You will lead a small engineering team consisting of 3 engineers and 2 QA specialists. This is a hands-on role requiring deep involvement in architecture, complex technical challenges, and production development.

We expect you to actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering quality and development velocity.


Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Drive architecture decisions and ensure high engineering standards.
  • Write production-ready code and actively use AI tools to accelerate development.
  • Solve complex technical challenges and improve system reliability.
  • Lead code reviews and maintain code quality across the team.
  • Mentor engineers and help increase team productivity.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and QA teams.
  • Continuously improve development processes and engineering practices.

Requirements

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Founding ML Engineer

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Founding ML Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA (In-person)

Compensation: $150K – $200K • 0.20% – 1.00% Equity

Our client is a high-growth, YC-backed startup based in San Francisco seeking a Founding ML Engineer to help redefine how engineering output is measured and optimised. This organisation is building a definitive platform that leverages modern AI to provide engineering teams with an accurate, actionable view of productivity, impact, and collaboration.

The company has secured a $4.2M seed round from top-tier investors and has demonstrated consistent double-digit month-over-month revenue growth. This role offers a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor and develop the machine learning systems that will shape how millions of engineers and leaders understand their work. The Founding ML Engineer will work directly with a CTO (MIT alum and former founding engineer) and a CEO with a proven track record of scaling startups from $0 to $30M in ARR.

Key Responsibilities

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Software Engineer (Full-Stack / Backend Focus)

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Location: London (Paddington) Employment Type: Full-time On-site: 5 days/week in-person (Non-negotiable)

About the Role

Our client is building the universal financial intelligence layer for healthcare to solve the sector's chronic lack of financial clarity and efficiency. Their platform unifies fragmented clinical, financial, and transactional data using AI to instantly surface critical KPIs and insights. They are starting in dentistry with the aim of becoming the essential financial infrastructure for healthcare globally.

They are seeking a highly driven Software Engineer to work closely with the CTO, helping to design, build, and accelerate product capabilities. This role offers significant ownership, focusing on backend-heavy infrastructure and taking chunky problems from idea to a deployed, production-grade solution.

What You'll Be Working On

Job Skills

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