Senior Full Stack Engineer

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that works with partners to advance every person’s journey to learn, work, and be well. For more than 65 years, EDC has partnered with communities, governments, and private sector to improve education, workforce development and health outcomes.

By combining interdisciplinary expertise with real-world experience, EDC works across these pillars to design, implement, and scale evidence-based solutions that help partners address complex challenges and create lasting change.

Founded in 1958, EDC today brings together a global team working across the United States and around the world. Our diverse portfolio of programs is supported by federal agencies, philanthropic foundations, multilateral institutions, and corporate partners.

The Information Technology Department has an opening for Senior Full Stack Engineer.  This position reports to the Senior Director, DEV TECH and is open to US-based telecommuters. 

The position may require a criminal background check

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The person in this position is expected to communicate clearly and courteously; to develop and maintain positive relationships with staff, clients, collaborators, co-workers and to work respectfully with EDC colleagues. The job requires adherence to EDC policies & procedures. 

The Senior Full Stack Engineer will:

• Lead the Architecture and Development of full-stack applications that align with EDC’s AI & Digital Transformation strategy and drive high-priority business outcomes.
• Establish and steward engineering standards for cloud-native, API-First, and AI-enabled development, including CI/CD practices, testing patterns, observability, and security.
• Define and implement modular “Lego-block” architectures that are reusable and interoperable across business development, programmatic, and core business systems through API-first, cloud-native solutions.
• Integrate responsible AI by leveraging AWS Bedrock, CrewAI, and other AI services to design and deploy agentic AI teams and intelligent solutions.
• Streamline enterprise workflows by replacing manual processes with reliable, scalable, and automated digital systems.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs and provide clear recommendations on build vs. buy, short-term vs. long-term solutions, and architectural risk.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business development, program, and operations teams to translate business needs into scalable technical products.
• Ensure security, privacy, and accessibility by upholding EDC’s data governance and compliance standards across all solutions.
• Contribute to the Reference Architecture for Agentic AI which will serve as the blueprint for deploying and governing AI agents safely, efficiently, and at scale.
• Mentor and share knowledge across engineering and AI/Data communities to promote best practices in cloud-native, AI-enabled design.
• Continuously improve development processes through automation, observability, and agile, iterative delivery that reflects EDC’s learning culture.

This position requires analytical decision making, critical and creative problem-solving, deep understanding of corporate knowledge, excellent communication skills, ability to multi-task and attention to detail, organized, teamwork, adaptable to work with any audience and any system, strong understanding of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, and headless architectural patterns as well as agentic AI frameworks. 

Education: 

• BS in computer science or equivalent and 7+ years of related work experience.
• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent and 5+ years of related work experience.

Skills & Experience: 

• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives from design through production
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising overall technical quality
• Strong judgment in balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
• Proven experience building and deploying full-stack web applications using modern frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, etc.).
• Proven experience with AWS Cloud Services: Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora Serverless, S3, API Gateway, AppSync, and Bedrock.
• Strong understanding of API-first, modular architecture principles (GraphQL, REST).
• Experience integrating AI/ML services (e.g., AWS Bedrock, CrewAI, OpenAI APIs) into production applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and DevOps tools
• Knowledge of data architecture and ETL pipelines to connect operational and analytic systems.
• Committed to accessibility (508/ADA), inclusive design, and secure coding practices.
• Skilled collaborator works fluidly with architects, engineers, designers, and business domain experts.
• Strong communicator with the ability to explain technical solutions in clear, mission-relevant terms.
• Demonstrated agility—thrives in iterative, fast-evolving, mission-driven environments.

EDC affirms its steadfast commitment to uphold the highest standards of conduct, ensuring the protection of all individuals from misconduct, and maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards any violation of these rights. Safeguarding refers to the measures and practices put in place to protect individuals, particularly vulnerable groups, from harm, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. 

EDC is a smoke-free workplace, and offers a supportive work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.  

Total Rewards:  

EDC offers the following comprehensive benefits package for all eligible employees: 

• Health, dental, and vision insurance 
• Paid holidays 
• Generous vacation benefits for full- and part-time employees 
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts   
• Pre-tax transport benefit 
• Robust retirement plan with TIAA/CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund) 
• Paid sick time and personal time annually 
• Parental leave 
• Employee assistance program 

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $141,000 to $166,000. Salary offers are made based on market analysis and internal equity.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the EDC job opportunities website as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by e-mailing [email protected] or by calling 617-618-2314.