Cloud-managed web filtering, safety and device management for K-12 schools
Lightspeed Systems sells cloud-managed filtering, student safety monitoring and device management to school districts, running on a Go and Node.js backend over Kafka, Cassandra and PostgreSQL on AWS ECS/Fargate. Current hiring tilts toward junior sales and support roles, and job posts point to mid-market K-12 district expansion alongside AI-driven automation across Salesforce, NetSuite and ChurnZero, with OpenAI and Anthropic already in the stack.
Lightspeed Systems, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, builds software for school networks and student devices. Its product line covers web filtering, student safety monitoring, classroom management, device management for Chromebook and Windows fleets, and data analytics. The company serves K-12 schools and districts, with a European office in London. It is privately held and employs between 201 and 500 people.
Lightspeed Systems uses Go, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch and Solr on AWS ECS and Fargate, with Terraform, Datadog, Salesforce, NetSuite, ChurnZero, OpenAI and Anthropic.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and weighted toward sales and customer support, mostly junior and mid-level roles in the United States, with a focus on new business in mid-market K-12 districts.
Lightspeed Systems is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and also operates a European office in London, UK.
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