GoGuardian · 21 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $245K/yr
8+ years expGoGuardian is an outcomes-focused learning company dedicated to improving learning environments for K-12 education. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build and maintain products in their Safety product suite, contributing to the full software development lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
E-LearningEdTechEducationInternetSoftware
Responsibilities
Collaborate with a cross-functional team toward feature delivery; Working both independently and in pairs/groups with others of varying skill levels
Leverage strong problem solving skills to apply existing knowledge and experience to new problems and creative solutions
Write production-grade code for well-scoped features with the help of code reviewers
Understand, implement and contribute to GoGuardian’s best practices, including style guides, standards, code reviews, documentation management, and operational workflows
Being generally available to work during standard working hours and to participate in an on-call rotation for production application support
Work closely with Product Management to create new features and products
Lead the application architecture decision making process
Spend time learning and experimenting with AI tools to improve our Customer Experience and Product Offering
Take part in short and long term planning
Build & operate AWS infrastructure
Monitor and track performance and reliability of our services and software to meet promised SLA
Mentor other developers to increase the overall performance of the team
Qualification
Required
8+ years experience as a software engineer of SaaS applications and or working on customer facing products
Competency in one or more languages. Experience with Go, Javascript, React, and MySQL preferred
Direct involvement in shipping at least one production application / product
Experience with monitoring, performance optimization, technical documentation, and unit / integration testing
Up-to-date knowledge of full stack web development languages, libraries, and technology
Writes production-grade code for well-scoped features; integrating feedback from code reviewers
Learns quickly, applies existing knowledge to new challenges and is building proficiency in relevant technical skills
Confident in making technical decisions and explaining the reasoning behind them
Have deployed software utilizing AWS, Terriform, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other similar technology
Can drive automation adoption and enhancement in areas such as Test Automation, Github Runners, CI/CD platforms, and other automation platforms
Can drive change beyond the scope of the team
Preferred
Experience with DataBricks
An interest in Machine Learning and AI technology
Benefits
Complete health insurance
401(k) matching
Employee equity plan
Flexible time off
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Paid year-end holiday break
Work from home funds
Fertility & adoption reimbursement
Company
GoGuardian
GoGuardian is an edtech startup that makes subscription software for K-12 schools.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$200MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementSumeru Equity PartnersTodd Mackey
2021-08-05Private Equity· $200M
2018-05-24Private Equity
2018-02-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Rich Preece
CEO at GoGuardian
Advait Shinde
Co-Founder and Exec Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-12
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