Senior Software Engineer - New Products

GoGuardian

2d•Remote

About The Position

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 with the rest of the engineering team, supporting our Discover product – a powerful analytics platform that helps K-12 administrators track and manage educational software usage, understand app engagement trends, and make data-driven decisions about licensing and technology investments. 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 provide actionable insights for school districts. You'll work across the full stack – from crafting intuitive React dashboards and data visualizations to designing scalable Go backend services and optimizing analytics queries. 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.

Requirements

5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features
Strong 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
Experience with data aggregation patterns and building systems that process and summarize large datasets
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 (Chakra UI, React Query)
Experience building data visualizations with charting libraries (Recharts, D3, or similar)
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

Nice To Haves

Experience with big data analytics tools (AWS Athena, Spark, or similar query engines)
Familiarity with probabilistic data structures (HyperLogLog, Bloom filters) for large-scale analytics
Experience integrating with LLM/AI APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, or similar)
Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform)
Experience building admin dashboards and analytics products
Prior experience in EdTech or building products for K-12 education
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Responsibilities

Design, build, and continually improve our Discover product that provides app usage analytics and license management for school districts
Develop high-performance backend services in Go that aggregate and serve millions of usage data points efficiently
Build intuitive, data-rich frontend experiences with React and Chakra UI, including interactive dashboards and charts
Design and implement gRPC and REST APIs for real-time data access and service-to-service communication
Work with big data technologies, including AWS Athena for analytics queries and HyperLogLog for cardinality estimation
Optimize SQL database schemas and queries for large-scale analytics workloads
Build and maintain background workers for data aggregation and processing using SQS and asynchronous patterns
Integrate with LLM/AI services (Gemini) for intelligent features like contract analysis
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

Benefits

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…
A varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company.
Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.

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