GoGuardian

GoGuardian

Staff Software Engineer - Core

United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$220kDetected 2 days ago
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About the role

  • In this role, you'll contribute to the full software development lifecycle -- from conception, research, definition, scoping, planning, implementation, and testing, to documentation, delivery, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain the GG App across Windows, macOS, and iOS, including installers, background services, and update mechanisms.
  • Own Windows installer engineering: MSI/EXE packages built with the WiX Toolset, silent install and uninstall flows (/quiet, /norestart), upgrade paths, and code signing that keeps us clear of SmartScreen and Defender blocks.
  • Design and operate the auto-update system: a lightweight background updater service, differential/patch-based updates, signed update packages delivered via CDN, and scheduled update checks via Windows services, Task Scheduler, or platform equivalents.
  • Navigate customer infosec constraints -- UAC and elevation, certificate-based trust, endpoint-protection interactions, restricted-egress and offline environments -- and design the app to work within them.
  • Lead the application architecture decision-making process for the Core team.
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team toward feature delivery, working both independently and in pairs/groups with others of varying skill levels
  • work closely with Product Management and Support to turn customer deployment pain into product improvements.
  • Understand, implement, and contribute to GoGuardian's best practices, including style guides, standards, code reviews, documentation management, and operational workflows.
  • At GoGuardian, we're helping build a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world's greatest challenges.
  • We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to build new and maintain existing products in GoGuardian's Safety product suite.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, with significant time spent on desktop/client applications or endpoint software deployed to customer-managed devices.
  • Deep Windows platform expertise: installer engineering (MSI/EXE, WiX Toolset, silent install options), Windows services, the registry, UAC/elevation, and code signing and trust chains.
  • Working knowledge of endpoint security and compliance realities: certificate-based trust, endpoint-protection tool behavior, and customer environments with no outbound connectivity or offline installation requirements.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kafka or other event-sourcing systems.
  • Experience shipping software into K-12 or other highly managed IT environments.
  • Please share this with your friends or co-workers who may be interested in working at GoGuardian!
  • We have multiple openings and are always looking for talented people.
  • GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.
  • Familiarity with macOS and iOS deployment (PKG installers, MDM, Jamf, Apple Business Manager) or a demonstrated ability to come up to speed quickly on Apple platforms.
  • Direct involvement in shipping at least one production application/product to end users.
  • Competency in one or more languages

Compensation

  • The typical base salary range for this position is $190,000 - $220,000 per year.

Benefits

  • Our award-winning system of learning solutions is purpose-built for K-12 and trusted by school leaders to promote effective teaching and equitable engagement while helping empower educators to keep students safe.
  • We are an outcomes-focused learning company with a steadfast focus on improving learning environments, one classroom at a time.
  • Build or integrate install/upgrade health reporting so we and our customers can see per-machine install status, surface errors, and collect diagnostic logs; contribute to the backend/API work this requires.

Company info

  • What It's Like to Work at GoGuardian
  • 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.
  • Build and maintain deployment paths for the tools our customers actually use -- Microsoft Intune (Win32 app packaging, assignments, version detection), Active Directory / Group Policy, SCCM, PDQ Deploy, and Apple MDM solutions -- so districts can roll out the app however their environment requires.
  • Write IT-friendly documentation, deployment scripts, and onboarding materials covering the deployment profiles our customers use (manual, GPO, Intune, PDQ, MDM).
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