Engineer IV

The College Board

5d • $137,000 - $148,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent is required
• Minimum 5 years of experience in professional software development
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Java
• Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation
• Automation using Playwright

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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
• Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions
• A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters
• A team that invests in your development and success

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees