[Remote] Senior Full Stack Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The College Board is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding educational and career opportunities. They are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design and develop innovative web applications that support their core products, utilizing cloud technologies and best practices in software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain user-facing features and back-end services using React, TypeScript, and AWS services, ensuring scalability and reliability
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using AWS CDK
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, provide technical guidance to junior developers, and drive the adoption of best practices and new technologies
• Optimize application performance, implement automated testing using Playwright, and ensure technical feasibility and code quality through reviews
• Solve complex problems using divergent thinking resulting in innovative solutions
• Follow DevOps best practices including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of our customer’s business processes and operations
• Support team-centered, Agile software development

Skills

• 7+ years' experience in full stack development, building, testing, and managing web-based applications
• 3 years of recent, strong, hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js and AWS
• Experience working within the AWS cloud ecosystem, including serverless architecture and resources such as Lambda, Gateway API, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and DynamoDB
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science, systems engineering, information systems or similar
• 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
• The ability to travel 3-5 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

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