Staff Software Engineer — School Safety Platform (Remote)

GoGuardian; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Work-from-home funds

Equity plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

GoGuardian is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its School Safety Platform in the United States. You will lead architecture, drive engineering excellence, and build scalable safety-focused software that integrates with third-party platforms and devices.

You’ll shape technical strategy alongside Product and Design leaders and mentor teams to deliver reliable, compliant solutions for schools. As part of an outcomes-focused team, you’ll work on 0-to-1 product initiatives at scale, ensuring

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Proven track record owning and delivering complex backend or full-stack systems end-to-end.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, technical design, and implementation of new school safety products from concept through production.
• Drive technical strategy and engineering excellence across multiple teams and systems.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems that operate reliably in real-world environments.
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party platforms, identity providers, communications systems, hardware devices, and external data sources.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and shape the technical culture of a growing organization.
• Make thoughtful technology decisions balancing customer impact, operational complexity, speed, and maintainability.

Skills

8+ years exp

Distributed systems

API design

Cloud-native apps

OAuth/SAML/SSO

Security & privacy

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Job description

GoGuardian is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its School Safety Platform in the United States. You will lead architecture, drive engineering excellence, and build scalable safety-focused software that integrates with third-party platforms and devices.

You’ll shape technical strategy alongside Product and Design leaders and mentor teams to deliver reliable, compliant solutions for schools. As part of an outcomes-focused team, you’ll work on 0-to-1 product initiatives at scale, ensuring