Senior Lead Engineer, Teamship

College Board

6d•$185,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Lead Engineer you’ll lead the charge in building a national-scale platform that empowers students to engage with real employer challenges and develop career-defining skills. Working alongside a Product Manager and Product Designer, you’ll architect and build cutting-edge software that supports educators, engages business partners, and scales to tens of thousands of students. You’ll shape technical strategy, define high-quality engineering practices, and steer how our technology evolves. You’ll also anchor agile operations, lead peer reviews, resolve production issues, and ensure our system is robust, secure, and efficient. If you’re excited by building foundational systems that will impact learners and partners across the country, this is a high-stakes opportunity to drive real change.

Requirements

10+ years of production level software development experience managing the entire lifecycle of features, including design, development, documentation, and deployment
Proficiency in reviewing and improving code structure and architecture for testability, maintainability, and scalability, with hands-on experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and AWS Serverless technologies.
Strong problem-solving skills, working collaboratively with team members to identify and resolve issues, and partnering with Product Owners to prioritize backlog.
Proven ability to pitch new ideas and implement improved systems and processes, delivering excellent results.
Effective communicator and team lead, able to provide actionable feedback, mentor team members, and participate in interviews to evaluate engineering talent.
Ability to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office.
Authorization to work in the United States.
A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
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.

Responsibilities

Design & Implementation (50%): Design and implement high-quality software using the latest technologies with a focus on building component-based, cost-effective, scalable, and secure solutions using design patterns to improve collaboration with other microservices/apps and promoting code reuse Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification Build solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps.
Team Operations & Success (25%): Participate in, or lead Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables. Participate and lead peer reviews of software engineering artifacts Assist in the resolution of production issues Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team’s DevOps model Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment
Software Solutioning & Design (25%): Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the customer’s business processes and operations Work closely with Product Management and Design to evaluate feature requests, provide level-of-effort estimates and contribute to sprint planning Conduct and participates in peer code and design reviews Participate in design research in close collaboration with Product Management and Design; including user interviews, observation, and development of prototypes.