Senior Engineer - Req002173_1 - 3175

Senior Engineer

We are a team of technologists working together to solve complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions. Embracing a culture of continuous improvement, we look for ways to incorporate new technologies in the delivery of systems that are responsible for analysis and scoring of tests of SAT/PSAT and AP programs. We regularly collaborate while pitching and sharing our ideas to help define the future of our applications. Our team is characterized by our positive team culture, strong technical skills, focus on delivering value and our ability to have fun while being productive.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong node.js development experience in designing, implementing, and deploying backend APIs/microservices as well as maintaining and supporting such services in high-traffic production environments in the AWS cloud. This includes hands on contributions for the entire lifecycle of features, including engineering design, development, and deployment as well as providing support to engineering leaders to make sure interfaces, integrations, and all necessary lines of demarcation are clear, meaningful, and accurate. You will report to the Staff Engineering Director and work within an agile application team that develops and maintains highly visible and critical applications. The Senior Engineer will maintain awareness and knowledge of the emerging trends in technology, and its usage within the industry, and will apply this learning in the establishment of new and innovative technology strategies to support College Board\'s business needs. You will also work with the teams to establish related practices, standards, and guidelines and provide oversight and adoption support to solution delivery teams.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test and deploy full stack AWS Cloud solutions that include highly scalable REST APIs, microservices, data pipelines and other event driven applications using Node.JS and serverless technologies. Create technical documentation such as flow diagrams, design specs etc.

- Continuously deliver new software features by developing infrastructure-as-code (CDK) and scripting of automated CI/CD pipelines.

- Implement observability solutions that allow our team to log, monitor, and analyze system health and user activity patterns.

- Identify opportunities for improving application functionality and performance, seek continuous feedback from customers, identify and mitigate technical risks.

- Utilize application development tools and methodologies across multiple platforms.

- Collaborate with the team to deliver code that uses best practices and design patterns, that includes comprehensive unit testing, and that has gone through a sound code-review process.

About You

- Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent is preferred.

- Minimum 7 years of experience in professional software development.

- Minimum 5-6 years of hands-on development experience at a senior level.

- Minimum 3-5 years of strong backend development experience in JavaScript and Node.js.

- Minimum of 1-2 years of hands-on experience developing solutions with AWS services, including Lambda, S3, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch and more.

- Proactive with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.

- Capable of analyzing, planning, designing, and owning complex or vaguely defined issues with little or no supervision.

- Collaborative attitude that incorporates various perspectives.

- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical peers.

- Strong problem solving and organizational skills.

- Experience in DevOps and Agile methodologies.

- Any prior experience and/or deep practical knowledge of automation testing (Integration, regression and end-to-end) will be a plus.

Additionally, it is nice to have qualifications:

- Experience with Java.

- Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation.

- Experience with Linux shell scripting.

About Our Process

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.