Senior Full Stack Engineer at The College Board

As a Senior Engineer on the Digital Assessment team, you are a leader, collaborator, and innovator. You have a strong interest in understanding and improving products for our students.

About you

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills using data to inform decisions and actions.
• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum development environment with an ethos of continuous improvement and interest in learning new things.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with a growing set of languages, with experience in JavaScript (React and Node), Python, and TypeScript
• Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, DynamoDB
• Experience with version control using Git, test automation, and experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, and/or AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
• Ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies as required good communicator with practical decision-making skills, a believer in good comments and documentation.
• Proven track record of training and coaching less experienced teammates in new technologies, eager to help others grow their skills to enable the success of an entire team.

The Team

The Digital Assessment team is committed to making higher education accessible to every student through innovative technology, building cutting edge applications to deliver College Board’s suite of assessments. We are constantly seeking and experimenting with new technology, using cutting edge tools to deliver world class exam experiences to students across the planet. We regularly collaborate, keeping it light, while pitching and sharing our ideas to help define the future of our applications. We work closely with product owners, architects, user experience, testing centers, students and external partners to serve our mission.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Engineer on the Digital Assessment team, you are a leader, collaborator, and innovator. You have a strong interest in understanding and improving products for our students. You relish the opportunity to bring your ideas and your love of coding to support, enhance and define the future of these applications that will be used by millions of students around the globe. You are not shy about taking on new work you may not have done before while eagerly contributing to all phases of software engineering including requirements definition and analysis, application design, coding, coaching, testing, deploying, and support.

About you

7+ years of professional software development experience

Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills using data to inform decisions and actions.

Experience working in an Agile / Scrum development environment with an ethos of continuous improvement and interest in learning new things.

Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with a growing set of languages, with experience in JavaScript (React and Node), Python, and TypeScript

Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, DynamoDB

Experience with version control using Git, test automation, and experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, and/or AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

Ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies as required good communicator with practical decision-making skills, a believer in good comments and documentation.

Proven track record of training and coaching less experienced teammates in new technologies, eager to help others grow their skills to enable the success of an entire team.

About Our Culture

We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year

We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard

We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals

Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills