Staff Software Engineer, GoGuardian
Admin
$190-205k
EdTech software for K-12 schools
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EdTech software for K-12 schools
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-205k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform education by helping schools implement, manage and understand technology.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Competency with Kafka or other Event Sourcing Systems
- 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
Desirable
- An interest in Machine Learning and AI technology
What the job involves
- 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 Admin Team, GoGuardian Admin delivers a single, unified interface for setting filtering policies and reporting across ChromeOS, Windows, and macOS devices
- Powerful DNS-protection helps schools comply with CIPA across BYOD, guest networks, and unmanaged devices, all managed from the same dashboard
- The ideal candidate is curious, able to manage risk, and driven to deliver quality software
- 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
- Champion AI adoption across engineering by defining best practices and driving effective use of AI in development workflows to improve velocity, quality, and customer impact
- Continuously experiment with and operationalize AI tools to accelerate innovation, improve productivity, mentor teams on AI usage, and help shape the company’s AI engineering culture and strategy
- 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
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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