Lead Full Stack Engineer

College Board • VA

167d • $165,000 - $179,000

About The Position

The GenAI Studio is an internal incubator at College Board that launched in January 2024. Through the studio, College Board is investing time and resources for AI ideation. The studio is responsibly experimenting with AI in AP classrooms and creating strategic partnerships to make informed decisions about AI in our broader portfolio of offerings. The studio is led by a diverse, cross-functional team of strategists, technologists, and managers at College Board committed to solving the most impactful and interesting problems arising with AI. Across the team we divide the work around strategic enablement within our organization, AI innovations that are both internally and externally facing, and advancing AI Literacy in the education space.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience designing, building, testing, and managing scalable web applications in cloud-hosted environments.
• 3+ years’ experience building front-end applications using React (with TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience implementing Generative AI applications (e.g., RAG chatbots, model fine-tuning, or other LLM-powered tools).
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies, especially in the fast-moving GenAI space.
• Expertise in developing responsive, accessible UIs with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with back-end technologies such as Node.js and/or Python.
• Experience with asynchronous programming and event-driven messaging patterns.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (e.g., Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, KMS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB).
• Experience provisioning/managing infrastructure as code with AWS CLI, CloudFormation, CDK, and/or Terraform.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, DynamoDB).
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Proven ability to mentor and coach less experienced teammates in new technologies.
• Strong analytical thinking, structured problem-solving, and practical decision-making skills.
• Effective communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Prototyping and Development (60%): Design and implement proofs of concept or prototypes to allow rapid testing of innovative concepts using the latest technologies, typically React web apps.
• Create sharable documentation, both technical and non-technical.
• Exercise discretion in prototyping: investing time to make sure the most important things work well, and working with the team to mock or minimize less important features.
• When prototypes are greenlit for further development: continue that work, or support hand-off to other internal teams.
• Maintain clean code and strong engineering standards such that when prototypes are greenlit for further development, the project is easy to build upon.
• Occasionally embed with other engineering teams that take up on-going work on a prototype.
• Continuously develop the skills required to work with this rapidly developing technology.
• Strategic Enablement (30%): Serve as an organizational Subject Matter Expert on implementing Generative AI applications.
• Work with our Enterprise Architecture team to review and/or establish implementation patterns involving Generative AI tools.
• Advise on, and where feasible, create tools and infrastructure that will enable teams to safely deploy Generative AI tools.
• Learning & Sharing (10%): Keep abreast of developments in GenAI capabilities and implementations.
• Share knowledge of new developments with the team via chats, meetings, and presentations when appropriate.
• Serve as an advisor to internal teams developing staff education around Generative AI.

Benefits

• 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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees