College Board Technology Division – Item Cloud Blue is looking to build and drive innovation for internal-facing web applications that support College Board’s core products. The team owns the full stack, from the infrastructure in AWS to the front-end and back-end code deployed there, building everything serverless, in the cloud, leveraging current technologies and novel techniques to be a force-multiplier for the programs they serve.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in full stack development, building, testing, and managing web-based applications.
- At least 3 years of recent, strong, hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, and AWS services.
- Experience working within the AWS cloud ecosystem, including serverless architecture and resources such as Lambda, Gateway API, OpenSearch, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and DynamoDB.
- 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.
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.
Other
- This is a fully remote role.
- A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
- The ability to travel 3-5 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
- 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.
