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
- 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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Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features
- Strong Node experience with production-grade services
- Strong Go experience with production-grade services
- Experience with concurrency patterns, gRPC, and microservices architecture
- Building high-quality React applications with TypeScript
- Designing and implementing gRPC and REST APIs
- Proficient with SQL databases including complex query optimization and indexing strategies
- PostgreSQL experience
- Familiarity with caching strategies (Redis/Redis Cluster) and multi-tier caching
- Working knowledge of AWS services (ECS, Aurora, Athena, S3, SQS)
- Working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform for AWS services
- Experience building background workers and asynchronous data processing
- Experience integrating with LLM/AI services for intelligent features
- Experience with modern React tooling and component libraries (Shadcn, React Router)
- Proven ability to deliver highly performant and scalable features and mentor other developers
GoGuardian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GoGuardian and has not been reviewed or approved by GoGuardian.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare premium support is positioned as generous, with most employee premiums covered and partial dependent support. Company-paid disability coverage and access to an employee assistance program add to the overall health and protection offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as substantial and is paired with fertility and adoption reimbursement. These provisions suggest meaningful support for family-building and caregiving needs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Remote-work support includes a monthly work-from-home stipend alongside wellbeing resources like counseling support. Professional development and other lifestyle-oriented extras are also presented as part of the package.
GoGuardian Insights
What We Do
At GoGuardian, we’re helping shape the future of digital learning by providing educators, students, and schools with tools to create equitable and engaging learning environments. Together, we build innovative solutions to empower students, deliver insights, encourage experimentation, and reduce inequity. We’re growing fast and looking for passionate team members to join us!
Why Work With Us
Our team is made up of a diverse group of highly motivated, mission-driven individuals. As a remote-first company, most of our teammates work from the space that suits them best, wherever they may live. To collaborate in person, we have beautiful headquarters in sunny El Segundo, California.
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