Staff Software Engineer - Beacon
GoGuardian1 month ago
Base Salary
$190k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features and products.
- Write production-grade code and participate in the full software development lifecycle.
- Lead application architecture decision-making and contribute to short- and long-term planning.
- Build and operate AWS infrastructure and monitor service performance and reliability.
- Participate in an on-call rotation for production application support.
- Drive automation adoption involving test automation, GitHub Runners, CI/CD platforms, and related tools.
- Mentor developers and drive technical improvements beyond the team’s scope.
- Use AI tools to improve customer experience and product offerings.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a software engineer working on SaaS applications or customer-facing products.
- Competency in one or more programming languages; Go, JavaScript, React, and MySQL are preferred.
- Direct experience shipping at least one production application or product.
- Experience with monitoring, performance optimization, technical documentation, and unit and integration testing.
- Current knowledge of full-stack web development languages, libraries, and technologies.
- Experience deploying software with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, or similar technologies.
- Ability to make and explain technical decisions, learn quickly, and apply knowledge to new challenges.
- Ability to drive automation adoption and change beyond the scope of the team.
- Preferred: experience with Databricks and interest in machine learning and AI technology.
Benefits
- Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee equity plan.
- Flexible time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a paid year-end holiday break.
- Professional growth and wellbeing benefits, including work-from-home funds and fertility and adoption reimbursement.
- Remote work arrangement.
- Supportive colleagues and a varied role in an innovative global company.
Tech Stack
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About GoGuardian
GoGuardian builds software for K–12 schools, including web filtering, classroom management, and student-safety tools, and also operates the Pear Deck instruction platform. It sells subscriptions to school districts and administrators to manage student devices and support digital learning. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the privately held company raised a $200 million investment in 2021.