Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

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. Join us and learn why “I love the people here” is one of the most frequent comments we hear from Guardians.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack to design and implement solid architectural solutions supporting our New Products Team.

With your passion for quickly solving problems and ability to implement high-quality code while continuously collaborating with other amazing team members, you will be building features that support schools in managing and the safety of their buildings and hallways. You'll work across the full stack – from crafting intuitive and responsive React user interfaces to designing scalable Node/Go backend services that support hundreds of thousands of teachers and students. Our Engineering team is built on a purpose-driven culture of collaboration, openness, trust, and transparency with amazing individuals who push the limits and think outside the box every day.

What You'll Do

Design, build, and continually improve new products

Develop high-performance backend services in Node/Go that facilitate realtime campus movement workflows

Build intuitive, data-rich frontend experiences with React

Design and implement gRPC and REST APIs for real-time data access and service-to-service communication

Optimize SQL database schemas and queries for large-scale analytics workloads

Build and maintain background workers for data aggregation and processing using asynchronous patterns

Integrate with LLM/AI services for intelligent features like generative reporting and predictive scans

Write high-quality, maintainable code with strong typing, comprehensive tests, and clear documentation

Contribute to infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for AWS services

Mentor and coach developers, helping them improve and perfect their skills

Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives

Who You Are

5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features

Strong Node/Go experience with production-grade services, including concurrency patterns, gRPC, and microservices architecture

Accomplished in building high-quality React applications with TypeScript, including data visualization and dashboards

Experienced in designing and implementing APIs (gRPC, REST) and microservices that handle high throughput

Proficient with SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred) including complex query optimization, indexing strategies, and analytics workloads

Familiar with caching strategies (Redis/Redis Cluster) and multi-tier caching architectures

Has working knowledge of cloud services (AWS preferred: ECS, Aurora, Athena, S3, SQS)

Has working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (ECS, Kubernetes)

Experience with modern React tooling and component libraries (Shadcn, React Router)

Proven experience delivering highly performant and scalable features

Proven advocate for engineering quality and building a thriving team culture

Great communication skills and an ability to proactively identify problems and solutions across teams and stakeholders

Eager to take initiative in a fast-paced, ever-changing, dynamic environment

Fueled by the opportunity to truly impact the education landscape

What We Offer

Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, bonuses, and an employee stock option plan.

Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, paid parental leave, wellness days, and a paid year-end holiday break.

A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing: learning funds, lifestyle funds, online yoga & meditation classes, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more…

Plus the intangible

A varied and challenging role in a global and highly innovative high-growth company.

Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.

The typical base salary range for this position is $155,000 - $195,000 per year. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay for this position and your pay will be determined by a variety of factors, including your primary work location, skills, qualifications and experience. Additional benefits information is listed on our careers page.

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