Staff Software Engineer - Beacon

What We Do

At GoGuardian, we’re helping build a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Our award-winning system of learning solutions is purpose-built for K-12 and trusted by school leaders to promote effective teaching and equitable engagement while helping empower educators to keep students safe.

What It’s Like to Work at GoGuardian

We are an outcomes-focused learning company with a steadfast focus on improving learning environments, one classroom at a time. Working with us means joining a remote team of diverse, committed, mission-driven employees who are inspired by our vision, dedicated to our customers, and ready to roll up their sleeves. Guardians put their heads together to solve problems, learn together from experiments that fail, and stand together by their work with full accountability. We balance our diligence with an inclusive culture that invites everyone to bring their whole self to work.

The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to build new and maintain existing products in GoGuardian’s Safety product suite. In this role, you’ll contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from conception, research, definition, scoping, planning, implementation, and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance.

This position sits on the Beacon Team, a team that creates solutions to the challenges schools face keeping children safe from threats and violence and providing insights and opportunities for interventions with students that need support. The ideal candidate is curious, able to manage risk, and driven to deliver quality software.

What You'll Do

• 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
• Remain 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

Who You Are

• 8+ years of 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
• Experience deploying software utilizing AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other similar technology
• Ability to drive automation adoption and enhancement in areas such as Test Automation, GitHub Runners, CI/CD platforms, and other automation platforms
• Ability to drive change beyond the scope of the team

Nice to Have

• Experience with DataBricks
• An interest in Machine Learning and AI technology

What We Offer

• Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee equity plan
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a paid year-end holiday break
• A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing, including work from home funds, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more