We are an outcomes-focused learning company with a steadfast focus on improving learning environments, one classroom at a time. Working with us means joining a remote team of diverse, committed, mission-driven employees who are inspired by our vision, dedicated to our customers, and ready to roll up their sleeves. Guardians put their heads together to solve problems, learn together from experiments that fail, and stand together by their work with full accountability. We balance our diligence with an inclusive culture that invites everyone to bring their whole self to work. Join us and learn why “I love the people here” is one of the most frequent comments we hear from Guardians.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack to design and implement solid architectural solutions with the rest of the engineering team, supporting our Discover product – a powerful analytics platform that helps K-12 administrators track and manage educational software usage, understand app engagement trends, and make data-driven decisions about licensing and technology investments.
With your passion for quickly solving problems and ability to implement high-quality code while continuously collaborating with other amazing team members, you will be building features that provide actionable insights for school districts. You'll work across the full stack – from crafting intuitive React dashboards and data visualizations to designing scalable Go backend services and optimizing analytics queries. Our Engineering team is built on a purpose-driven culture of collaboration, openness, trust, and transparency with amazing individuals who push the limits and think outside the box every day.
What You'll Do
- 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
Who You Are
- 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
Nice to Have
- 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
- Something else? Tell us! We want to learn more about you…
What We Offer
- 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.
- A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing, including work from home funds, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more…
Plus the intangible
- A varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company.
- Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.
The typical base salary range for this position is $155,000 - $195,000 per year. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay for this position, and your pay will be determined by a variety of factors, including your primary work location, skills, qualifications, and experience. Additional benefits information is listed on our careers page.
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