Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer

College Board - Technology

Location: Fully Remote

Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team

We are a team of technologists working together to solve complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions. Embracing a culture of continuous improvement, we look for ways to incorporate new technologies in the delivery of systems that are responsible for analysis and scoring of tests of SAT/PSAT and AP programs. We regularly collaborate while pitching and sharing our ideas to help define the future of our applications. Our team is characterized by our positive team culture, strong technical skills, focus on delivering value and our ability to have fun while being productive.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer with strong React and node.js development experience in designing, implementing, and deploying modern web applications and backend APIs/microservices as well as maintaining and supporting such services in high-traffic production environments in the AWS cloud. This includes hands on contributions for the entire lifecycle of features, including requirements analysis, engineering design, development, and deployment as well as providing support to engineering leaders to make sure interfaces, integrations, and all necessary lines of demarcation are clear, meaningful, and accurate.

You will report to the Engineering Director and work within an agile application team that develops and maintains highly visible and critical web applications. You will maintain awareness and knowledge of the emerging trends in technology, and its usage within the industry, and will apply this learning in the establishment of new and innovative technology strategies to support College Board's business needs. You will work with Product owners and lead engineers to help architect the solutions. You will also work with the teams to establish related practices, standards, and guidelines and provide oversight and adoption support to solution delivery teams.

• Analyze, design, develop, test and deploy full stack AWS Cloud solutions that include modern web applications, highly scalable REST APIs, microservices, data pipelines and other event driven applications using Node.JS and serverless technologies. Create technical documentation such as flow diagrams, design specs etc.

• Continuously deliver new software features by developing infrastructure-as-code (CDK) and scripting of automated CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement observability solutions that allow our team to log, monitor, and analyze system health and user activity patterns.

• Identify opportunities for improving application functionality and performance, seek continuous feedback from customers, identify and mitigate technical risks.

• Utilize application development tools and methodologies across multiple platforms.

• Collaborate with the team to deliver code that uses best practices and design patterns, that includes comprehensive unit testing, and that has gone through a sound code-review process.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent is preferred

• Minimum 7 years of experience in professional software development

• Minimum 5-6 years of hands-on development experience at a senior level

• Minimum 3-5 years of strong Full stack development experience in React, Typescript and Node.js

• Minimum of 1-2 years of hands-on experience developing solutions with AWS services, including Lambda, S3, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch and more

• Proactive with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility

• Capable of analyzing, planning, designing, and owning complex or vaguely defined issues with little or no supervision

• Collaborative attitude that incorporates various perspectives

• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical peers

• Strong problem solving and organizational skills

• Experience in DevOps and Agile methodologies

• You are authorized to work in the US

Additionally, it is nice to have qualifications

• Experience with Java

• Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation

• Automation using Playwright

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.

About Our Benefits and Compensation

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $150,000 to $163,000. College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.

Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more

• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility

• A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.

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