Full Stack Developer - Lovable & Supabase

Responsibilities

• Take full technical ownership of the existing application and assess what needs to be fixed, improved, optimized, or rebuilt.
• Troubleshoot and improve backend functionality, with a strong focus on authentication, user profiles, databases, order flows, and real-time syncing.
• Work across the product’s main interfaces, including the customer app, driver app, retailer dashboard, and admin dashboard.
• Review the existing Lovable-built application and make improvements while identifying areas that may require rebuilding or restructuring.
• Build, maintain, and optimize backend functionality using Supabase and related technologies.
• Manage and work with code hosted on GitHub, ensuring a clean and maintainable development setup.
• Ensure customer, driver, retailer, and admin data flows correctly across the platform.
• Troubleshoot authentication, sign-in, profiles, dashboards, order management, and real-time updates.
• Ensure end-to-end order and operational flows function correctly across different user types.
• Work with booking, calendar-based, and other workflow-driven functionality where required.
• Identify technical issues proactively and recommend practical solutions based on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Test functionality thoroughly and resolve bugs or issues before launch.
• Maintain clear documentation of the product setup, technical decisions, and key workflows.
• Explain technical decisions, challenges, and recommendations clearly to a non-technical founder.
• Work independently and manage technical priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ensure a smooth technical handover and knowledge transfer if additional developers are brought into the team in the future.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in full-stack development, with strong backend development experience.
• Hands-on experience working with Lovable or strong familiarity with AI-assisted application development platforms.
• Strong experience with Supabase or similar backend, database, and authentication platforms.
• Comfortable working with GitHub and existing codebases.
• Proven experience troubleshooting, improving, and completing existing applications rather than only building new products from scratch.
• Strong understanding of authentication, user profiles, databases, APIs, dashboards, and application workflows.
• Experience working with real-time data, syncing, notifications, or similar live application functionality.
• Experience working across multiple user interfaces or role-based platforms.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly understand an existing technical setup.
• Ability to determine when existing functionality should be fixed or optimized versus rebuilt.
• Comfortable working independently and taking full technical ownership of a product.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in an early-stage, founder-led environment with a high level of ambiguity and ownership.
• Strong attention to detail, reliability, and a practical approach to solving technical problems.

Nice to Have