Data Engineer, GoGuardian
$130-140k
+ Equity
Ed-Tech software for K-12 schools
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Ed-Tech software for K-12 schools
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-140k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform education by helping schools implement, manage and understand technology.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 2–4 years of experience building and operating large-scale data systems, ideally supporting analytics and ML workloads
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience in PySpark, pandas, or similar data processing frameworks
- Experience with DBT
- Experience with modern data warehousing and lakehouse platforms, preferably Databricks
- Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect
- Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL design, and distributed data systems
- Experience with AWS data and compute services (S3, Lambda, ECS, CloudWatch, etc.) or equivalent cloud platforms
- Familiarity with MLOps concepts (e.g., feature stores, model registries, CI/CD for ML)
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills; comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Data Engineer II to help design, build, and continuously improve the GoGuardian Analytics and AI/ML ecosystem
- This position sits on the Data Engineering team, a group responsible for building and maintaining the core data platform that powers analytics, product insights, and machine learning across the company
- You’ll collaborate closely with Data Science, Business Intelligence, and other teams to enable the next generation of data-driven products and AI capabilities
- The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering and data architecture skills with curiosity about machine learning systems and a drive to automate, optimize, and scale data workflows
- Design, build, and optimize ETL pipelines that power analytics, data science, and ML workflows using tools such as Databricks, PySpark, and Airflow
- Develop and maintain labeling and retraining pipelines for machine learning models, ensuring quality, reproducibility, and observability
- Implement and support MLOps practices, including model versioning, CI/CD for ML, and model monitoring in production environments
- Collaborate with data scientists to productionize and scale model training, inference, and evaluation pipelines
- Contribute to the design and evolution of the data lakehouse, including schema design, partitioning strategies, and performance optimization
- Document and communicate data architecture, lineage, and dependencies to ensure transparency and maintainability across teams
- Champion data quality and governance, ensuring that datasets are accurate, well-structured, and compliant with organizational standards
- Leverage infrastructure-as-code and containerization to build reproducible, maintainable environments
- Participate in code reviews and continuous improvement of engineering best practices within the team
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.
Among GoGuardian's product capabilities, users will find real-time monitoring for students' device screens, a feature to identify at-risk students and the 2024-launched single click tutoring support. 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 is well-positioned to expand its services.
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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