Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer

College Board Technology Division – Item Cloud Teal Team

100% Remote

About the Team:

The Item Cloud Teal team drives innovation at College Board by developing shared-services solutions to benefit both our peer Item Cloud engineering teams, as well as the test item creators we all support. The vision at team Teal is to unify, reuse, and create new solutions across our division, while also advising on technical design and best practices to optimize for our mission. Item Cloud spans several teams, creating internal-facing web applications to support the digital transformation of our core products. The team consists of 3 groups (Blue, Green, and Teal), with several sub-teams, each owning a unique piece of high-impact and secure React applications focused on our internal content creation processes. We leverage serverless infrastructure and modern technologies to be a force-multiplier for the programs we serve. We are remote, but close-knit. We are strong advocates of work/life balance and flexibility with schedules, when needed. We are proactive, passionate, and outcome-oriented, putting a premium on quality and efficiency. We are creative problem solvers and idea generators, who's impacts have led to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board’s biggest programs, clearing the path for all students to own their future

About the Opportunity:

As a Full Stack Engineer, you are a talented technologist and problem solver. You have extensive knowledge and expertise designing, implementing, and testing web-based solutions and will apply this to deliver high-impact content creation web applications that integrate with a rapidly growing content management ecosystem. You are communicative, approachable, self-driven, and collaborative.

In this role, you will:

• Design and implement, in collaboration with your team, data-intensive services and components with an emphasis on reusability, scalability, and security
• Understand our users’ workflows and processes and use technology to help them solve problems
• Think holistically and participate in conversations on proposed architecture, testing strategies, the developer experience, security, performance, and fault-tolerance
• Collaborate within our team and within Item Cloud through code review, effective written communication, and pair or mob programming
• Mentor and help junior engineers in their growth

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About you, you have:

• Ideally 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with TypeScript and JavaScript across the stack (React, Node.js)
• Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, EC2, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, IAM, CloudWatch, DynamoDB
• Experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and/or Terraform
• Knowledge of observability best practices
• Experience with NoSQL modeling and database design
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and discover innovative and efficient solutions

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 screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks

Our Benefits & Compensation: 

• College Board offers a strong compensation and benefits package that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education.
• Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, tuition assistance, paid time off, paid parental leave, retirement benefits with a generous matching program, and more.
• We reward performance through annual bonuses and provide opportunities for salary growth over time through base compensation increases, merit raises and promotions.
• We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact. The salary range for a new employee in this position is $144,000-$157,000. The salary offer of an individual candidate within this range is specific to their location and qualifications.
• Each salary offer is determined carefully using internal and external benchmarking and adjusting for the candidate’s location. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.
• As a self-sustaining non-profit organization with global impact, College Board offers a job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive!

About Our Culture:

• We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year. 
• We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard. 
• We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals. 
• Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills, enabling you to be industry-forward instead of left behind technologically.