College Board is looking to solve complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions for the analysis and scoring of tests of SAT/PSAT and AP programs.
Requirements
- 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
- Experience with Java
- Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and/or CloudFormation
- Experience with Linux shell scripting
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.
- 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.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent is preferred
- 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
- Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
