At GoGuardian, we’re helping share the future of digital learning by providing educators, students, and schools with tools to create engaging and equitable learning environments. Together, we build innovative solutions to empower students, deliver insights, and encourage experimentation. With employees around the globe, we’re committed to building a culture of inclusivity, curiosity, and courage. GoGuardian’s growth is fast and ever-evolving, and our teams are growing along with it — always ready to experiment and learn. 

While this job posting uses "El Segundo, CA" as the location, please note this role is currently being recruited for remote work or reporting to headquarters if within commuting distance.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer - Pear Deck, you will be designing and implementing solid architectural solutions with the rest of the engineering team. With your passion to quickly solve problems and ability to implement high-quality code while continuously collaborating with other amazing team members, you will be making our teachers’ lives easier while helping them engage every student every day.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from conception, definition, scoping, planning, implementation, researching, and testing, to documentation, delivery, and maintenance
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team toward feature delivery; Work 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 the GoGuardian best practices, including style guides, standards, code reviews, documentation management, and operational workflows
• Be generally available to work during standard working hours and to participate in an on-call rotation for production application support

Who You Are

• 5+ years and/or 3+ previous industry position(s) w/ dedicated experience as a software engineer of SaaS applications
• Direct involvement in shipping multiple production SaaS applications/products in varied disciplines or verticals
• Proficiency with the following technologies and practices: Frontend experience using Javascript/Typescript, Angular, React. Backend experience using Node.js and Express
• Solid, proven experience with the following technologies: NoSQL and Real-time databases experience; MongoDB and Firebase preferred 
• Experience with monitoring, performance optimization, technical documentation, and integration testing; Prometheus/Grafana, Stackdriver, or Datadog preferred
• Writes production-grade code for well-scoped features; integrates feedback from code reviewers 
• Learns quickly, applies existing knowledge to new challenges, and is building mastery in relevant technical skills
• Confident in making technical decisions and explaining the reasoning behind them
• Comfortable developing solid technical solutions to ambiguous or open-ended problems
• Driven to teach, lead and help others in areas of strongest skill and experience

What We Offer

• A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company
• A robust benefits package including health insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, employee stock option plan, paid parental leave, 13 paid company holidays, and much more
• Development and further training opportunities for shaping and realizing your career goals
• Exceptional colleagues with a passion for EdTech

GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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