Sr Full Stack Engineer, Platform Services

College Board•Remote - Virginia, VA

5d•$153,000 - $166,000•Remote

About The Position

The Platform Services Team helps monitor and assure the health, security, and performance of the systems within a shared platform. The team owns a key piece of the platform shell, a shared foundation that domain teams across the organization build on to deliver a unified user experience. Team is responsible for designing, building, and deploying into the shell, integrating data and functionality from multiple domains into a single, cohesive entry point for users. It's a high-visibility role at the intersection of architecture, cross-domain collaboration, and platform reliability. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a strong technical role in the design, development, and reliability of a cloud-native, AWS-based platform that aggregates data and services from multiple domains into a cohesive, performant, and role-aware user experience for teachers, students, and administrators. You bring strong full-stack engineering experience, with deep hands-on skills across React front-end development and AWS-based backend/API architecture. You are comfortable owning solutions end-to-end — from API design and cloud infrastructure to secure service layers and polished, responsive UI components — and you can guide architectural decisions, not just implement them. You are experienced in building Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns that aggregate multi-domain APIs into clean, efficient contracts tailored to the UI's needs. You have a strong grasp of authentication and session-aware UI — designing and implementing role-based rendering, token handling, and post-login experiences that adapt to the user's profile and permissions. You understand the performance demands of a landing page — applying strategies such as lazy loading, caching, and web vitals optimization to ensure fast, reliable experiences across devices. You are senior enough to mentor other engineers, drive technical design discussions, and push back constructively on approaches that won't scale, while remaining hands-on in the code. You understand cloud software delivery practices deeply and are technologically curious, staying current on emerging tools, patterns, and standards. Your communication and collaboration skills allow you to articulate solutions clearly to both engineers and stakeholders while maintaining a clear, unified experience for the end user.

Requirements

5+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting scalable, cloud-native full-stack applications
3+ years of experience building modern front-end applications using TypeScript and React
Strong hands-on experience with backend technologies such as Node.js (preferably TypeScript), building APIs and data integration layers
Deep experience with AWS services: Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, DynamoDB
Experience with Backstage and GitHub Actions
Experience designing systems that integrate and aggregate data and content from multiple independent backend/domain services into a single UI
Strong knowledge of distributed cloud infrastructure and microservices architecture
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, CloudFormation)
Experience building responsive, secure, high-performance UIs using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
Familiarity with micro-frontend architectures (e.g., Module Federation) and shared shell/component patterns
Experience with automated testing frameworks, for end-to-end and UI testing, and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
Strong focus on scalability, data integrity, reliability, and quality engineering practices
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present ideas in business-friendly language and mentor other engineers
Ability to prioritize and lead execution of tasks in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
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

Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Grafana, CloudWatch dashboards
Familiarity with real-time stream processing (Apache Flink or similar)
Familiarity with ML/AI lifecycle concepts, and interest in AI-driven features (e.g., AI-generated insights) as part of the platform roadmap
Understanding of data isolation, performance segmentation, and secure access in distributed systems

Responsibilities

Develop deep understanding of the business processes and domains that the BAWP UI serves
Lead evaluation of feature requests, provide effort estimates, and drive sprint/technical planning
Define and own architectural patterns and API contracts for integrating multiple domain services into the BAWP UI
Lead peer code and design reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and scalability
Architect and build scalable, secure full-stack solutions using React (TypeScript) on the front end and AWS-native services on the backend
Design and implement APIs and data integration layers that aggregate content from multiple upstream domains, with robust handling of latency, partial failures, and caching
Build reusable, well-architected front-end components and shared modules within the BAWP Shell (micro-frontend/Module Federation or equivalent)
Design and implement cloud-native architectures using AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, ECS, CloudWatch)
Apply and evolve architectural patterns, automation practices, and observability standards across the platform
Ensure systems meet enterprise requirements for scalability, data integrity, security, availability, and reliability
Integrate monitoring, telemetry, and operational readiness into all platform components
Own and evolve automated end-to-end and UI testing frameworks (Playwright) to ensure application quality and reliability
Drive performance optimization across API integration and rendering layers
Solve complex technical problems and drive improvements to overall system design
Mentor and guide other engineers on best practices in development, testing, and system design
Continuously evaluate and introduce new cloud, front-end, and test automation technologies where they add value
Communicate technical approaches, tradeoffs, and architectural decisions clearly to engineering and business stakeholders
Champion best practices in secure system design, automation, performance, and resilient engineering
Partner with product, operations, security, and domain teams to deliver aligned, well-integrated solutions
Support platform readiness through leadership in testing, monitoring, and reliability efforts
Drive documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives
Collaborate with QA and engineering teams to embed automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
Foster a culture of ownership, documentation, accountability, and continuous improvement