Über diese Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack Stelle bei 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
- 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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