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GoGuardian · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer - New Products

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$155K/yr - $195K/yr
date5+ years exp

GoGuardian is an outcomes-focused learning company dedicated to improving learning environments for K-12 education. The Senior Software Engineer will design and implement architectural solutions for the Discover product, focusing on analytics and data-driven decision-making for school districts.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and continually improve our Discover product that provides app usage analytics and license management for school districts
Develop high-performance backend services in Go that aggregate and serve millions of usage data points efficiently
Build intuitive, data-rich frontend experiences with React and Chakra UI, including interactive dashboards and charts
Design and implement gRPC and REST APIs for real-time data access and service-to-service communication
Work with big data technologies, including AWS Athena for analytics queries and HyperLogLog for cardinality estimation
Optimize SQL database schemas and queries for large-scale analytics workloads
Build and maintain background workers for data aggregation and processing using SQS and asynchronous patterns
Integrate with LLM/AI services (Gemini) for intelligent features like contract analysis
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

Qualification

GoReactSQL databasesAPIs gRPCAPIs RESTAWSDockerTerraformData visualizationCommunication skillsMentoringProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features
Strong 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
Experience with data aggregation patterns and building systems that process and summarize large datasets
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 (Chakra UI, React Query)
Experience building data visualizations with charting libraries (Recharts, D3, or similar)
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

Preferred

Experience with big data analytics tools (AWS Athena, Spark, or similar query engines)
Familiarity with probabilistic data structures (HyperLogLog, Bloom filters) for large-scale analytics
Experience integrating with LLM/AI APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, or similar)
Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform)
Experience building admin dashboards and analytics products
Prior experience in EdTech or building products for K-12 education

Benefits

Complete health insurance
401(k) matching
Employee equity plan
Flexible time off
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Paid year-end holiday break
Work from home funds
Fertility & adoption reimbursement

Company

GoGuardian

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GoGuardian is an edtech startup that makes subscription software for K-12 schools.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Los Angeles, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://www.goguardian.com

H1B Sponsorship

GoGuardian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$200M
Key Investors
Tiger Global ManagementSumeru Equity PartnersTodd Mackey
2021-08-05Private Equity· $200M
2018-05-24Private Equity
2018-02-01Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Rich Preece
CEO
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Advait Shinde
Co-Founder and Chairperson
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Recent News

GlobeNewswire
GoGuardian Delivers Powerful Windows Enhancements to Support Multi-Platform School Environments
2025-12-11
Twin Cities
As AI becomes all-encompassing, schools try to find balance
2025-11-11
Techmeme
As US schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-powered monitoring tools like GoGuardian to scan students' chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)
2025-11-09
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