Staff Software Engineer - Beacon

GoGuardian

15d•$190,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with DataBricks
An interest in Machine Learning and AI technology

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.