Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

GoGuardian is a company focused on improving learning environments for K-12 education. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack to design and implement architectural solutions for their New Products Team, working across the full stack to build features that support schools in managing safety and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and continually improve new products
• Develop high-performance backend services in Node/Go that facilitate realtime campus movement workflows
• Build intuitive, data-rich frontend experiences with React
• Design and implement gRPC and REST APIs for real-time data access and service-to-service communication
• Optimize SQL database schemas and queries for large-scale analytics workloads
• Build and maintain background workers for data aggregation and processing using asynchronous patterns
• Integrate with LLM/AI services for intelligent features like generative reporting and predictive scans
• 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

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features
• Strong Node/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
• 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 (Shadcn, React Router)
• 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