Senior Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer , you will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines. You will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. You will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations. The College Board – a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to providing excellence and equity in education – manages a complex and comprehensive suite of data systems, data feeds and reports to support students and educators across multiple assessments, programs and services. Working within the Information Technology division and across the Operations and key business units, the Senior Full Stack Engineer will analyze procedures, and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation. The Senior Full Stack Engineer will design, develop, implement, and deploy AWS cloud solutions, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization’s goals and objectives. The ideal candidate will have designed, developed and implemented serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation. The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management and transactional systems domains that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient cloud enabled data processes and systems.
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience with software development.
- Strong and evolving competence in several programming languages and technologies, working knowledge of multiple tool sets, technologies and implementation environments especially in the cloud
- Expert level experience in React, NodeJS and scripting in a Cloud based environment
- Demonstrated advanced experience with AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS and DynamoDB, AWS CLI
- Possess strong technical skills and experience in the virtual infrastructure domain, specifically Amazon Web Services.
- Strong design and development experience in building and monitoring microservices including UI.
- Working experience on CI/CD using AWS Code pipeline
- Demonstrated experience in developing full stack solutions using NodeJS
- Fundamentals in computer science foundation principles.
- Working knowledge of distributed architectural design patterns
- Knowledge of systems analysis and design (including OOAD and UML), and database design
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle and modern software engineering principles and practices
- Experience setting up a DevOps
- Bachelor’s degree and/or other advanced degree preferred
- Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
- Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal
- A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
- A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
- A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.
Nice To Haves
- High analytical skills and knack to develop tools for monitoring high frequency data services.
- Experience working on Agile teams with the scrum team member attitude – willingness to support the Team to be successful in any area necessary
- Advanced demonstrated experience with AWS cloud supported programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
- Ability to use: KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPC
- Fluency with CI/CD toolsets such as: CloudFormation, BitBucket, Jenkins, Ansible
- Experience with relational databases, and NoSQL databases
- Experience building infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation or similar scripting techniques
- Appetite to Learn new things
- Relevant AWS or other professional certifications
Responsibilities
- complex software development including coding
- managing small sections of ongoing projects
- closely adhering to deadlines
- creating design specifications
- unit testing
- preparing technical documentation
- ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations
- analyze procedures
- design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation
- design, develop, implement, and deploy AWS cloud solutions
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
