Senior Site Reliability Engineer, GoGuardian
$163-187k
EdTech software for K-12 schools
Job no longer available
EdTech software for K-12 schools
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$163-187k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform education by helping schools implement, manage and understand technology.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or a related field
- Direct involvement in shipping multiple production SaaS applications / products in varied disciplines or verticals
- Proficiency with the following technologies and practices: GCP and/or AWS (GCP preferred), Kubernetes (CKA or similar certification preferred), Docker, Terraform
- On the job exposure or experience with the following technologies preferred: Go (Golang), JavaScript, Python, Datadog, Prometheus, MongoDB, Redis, Firebase Realtime Database, BigQuery
- Software development experience and/or understanding of programming languages, data structures and algorithms, writing production-grade code
- Learns quickly, applies existing knowledge to new challenges and is building mastery in relevant technical skills
- Confident in making technical decisions and explaining the reasoning behind them
- Comfortable developing solid technical solutions to ambiguous or open-ended problems
- Eager to take initiative in a fast-paced, ever-changing, dynamic environment
- Fueled by the opportunity to truly impact the education landscape
- The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of cloud computing, distributed systems, and modern reliability practices
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that powers GoGuardian's products and services
- In this role, you’ll work with engineers across the company to develop and operate scalable and reliable systems, as well as troubleshoot and resolve production issues
- This position sits on the Tech Foundation Team, a team that enables GoGuardian engineers to deliver software quickly and efficiently while maintaining a high level of system availability and performance
- Design and implement infrastructure to support and improve the reliability of GoGuardian products
- Work with engineers to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure problems
- Develop and and maintain our infrastructure monitoring and altering systems
- Participate in on-call rotations
- Plan for the capacity needs of our products and test their performance and efficiency
- Work on projects to improve the security of GoGuardian's infrastructure
Our take
GoGuardian provides filtering, classroom engagement and mental health tools for educators. This supports better classroom management, student engagement and online safety - without users having to rely on multiple platforms.
GoGuardian's product capabilities include real-time monitoring for students' device screens, a feature to identify at-risk students and single click tutoring support among others. The major questioning of the suite surrounds how student safety and privacy remain balanced, which is a challenge the company must continue to face.
Millions of students across over thousands of US school districts are served by GoGuardian's software. With schools increasingly turning towards digital education systems, the company continues to expand its services - for example with support for multi-platform school environments and a digital hall pass management system.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Apr 2014
$0.2m
ANGEL
Total funding: $200.2m
Company benefits
- Health insurance: 90% for you (100% HMO) and 50% for your dependents
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Comprehensive time-off package, including flexible time off, sick time, 13 company holidays, quarterly wellness days, and a paid year-end holiday break
- 24 hours and 7 days a week, free confidential services include personal coaching, counseling, self-care apps, and much more!
- Employee stock option
- Company-supported growth
- Paid parental leave for up to 14 weeks
- Company paid short and long-term disability
- A fertility and adoption program to help you support your family needs
- Relax, recharge, and refresh with weekly yoga classes and guided meditation
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
Advait Shinde
(Co-Founder & Chair)Worked at Google as an engineer, helping to launch key products such as Google Pay (formerly Google Wallet). Co-founded GoGuardian as CTO in 2014, becoming CEO in 2017 and Chair in 2024.
Rich Preece
(CEO)Previously COO at LegalZoom, SVP and US GM of QuickBooks by Intuit, and Senior Marketing Manager for the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing.
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