Staff Software Engineer, Product (Montevideo)

LawnStarter is a leading on-demand marketplace for lawn care and outdoor services, expanding into a broader home services platform, with a focus on building innovative solutions using AI coding agents.

Location: Montevideo, Uruguay

Salary: USD $80,000–$100,000 annual base

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical approach including architecture, data model, integration, rollout, observability, and rollback strategies.
• Ensure implementation quality through prompts, guardrails, evals, tests, and review loops for AI agents.
• Collaborate daily with product managers, designers, and engineering peers, and communicate progress with engineering management.
• Own the outcome of initiatives, including post-launch metric review and impact assessment.

Requirements

• Experience with AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or equivalent.
• Proven ability to make and ship technical decisions at a lead or senior level.
• Outcome-driven with a focus on metrics and user experience.
• Strong collaboration skills with product managers, designers, and engineering teams.
• Decisiveness in architecture, data modeling, and rollout decisions, with documentation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of USD $80,000–$100,000 annual base.
• Work from anywhere.
• High ownership and autonomy.
• Fast-moving team that loves to build, learn, and grow.