Job Description:
About 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.
About 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
You have:
- 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 / Mob 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
- You are authorized to work in the US
About Our Process
- Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
- While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks
About Our Benefits and Compensation
College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.
The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $144,000 to $157,000. College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.
Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:
- A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more
- Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility
- A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive
You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.
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 have a lot of fun bringing wild ideas to life at Hack Day!
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