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Join the College Board as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, contributing to innovative cloud-based solutions that enhance data management for educational assessments. This fully remote position seeks candidates passionate about coding and automation to support critical services nationwide.

Responsibilities: The Senior Full Stack Engineer will develop complex software solutions, create design specifications, conduct testing, and maintain effective relationships with team members and customers, ensuring high-quality service delivery.

Skills: Expertise in React and NodeJS, AWS services like Lambda and DynamoDB, CI/CD processes, and a solid understanding of cloud environments are required.

Qualifications: Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years of software development experience, preferred experience with serverless solutions, and a relevant bachelor's or advanced degree.

Location: This is a remote position available to candidates in Texas, United States, with options for hybrid work if residing near CB offices.

Compensation: $150000 - $163000 / Annually

Senior Engineer

College Board – Technology – Cross Program Microservices team 

Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).  

About the Team 

College Board has transformed into an Agile organization, embracing DevOps and Cloud-native systems, with the goal of improving speed and reliability of service delivery in support of our mission. Our team consists of engineers with a unique blend of skills and experiences, yet we underline the value of each individual and celebrate the successes of the TEAM. We build solutions to help reimagine and reshape engineering practices within College Board. We work with Product DevOps, Network Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams to design, build and manage robust infrastructure solutions in AWS at scale. We swarm sometimes and we go deep on an individual basis at other times. We learn and we teach. We are creative and value the merit of ideas. 

The Cross-Program Microservices group is made up of three specialized engineering teams that manage critical educational data used nationwide—spanning systems like AP®/SAT® score recipients and registration platforms. Each sub-team focuses on a specific domain area and is independently staffed—typically seven members, including developers, a technical lead, an architect, QA, and/or an analyst. While each team operates autonomously, they collaborate across service lines to deliver cohesive, high-quality solutions. 

You’ll join the Multiverse Team, a backend-focused group of seven engineers including an architect, technical lead, developers, and analysts. The team leads a forward-looking initiative to modernize how student data is stored, accessed, and shared across platforms. Their mission is to enhance data privacy, independence, and regulatory compliance, reshaping the way millions of records are managed across the organization’s systems in a high-impact, high-responsibility environment. 

About the Opportunity  

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer , you will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines. You will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. You will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations. 

The College Board – a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to providing excellence and equity in education – manages a complex and comprehensive suite of data systems, data feeds and reports to support students and educators across multiple assessments, programs and services. Working within the Information Technology division and across the Operations and key business units, the Senior Full Stack Engineer will analyze procedures, and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation. The Senior Full Stack Engineer will design, develop, implement, and deploy AWS cloud solutions, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization’s goals and objectives. 

The ideal candidate will have designed, developed and implemented serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation. The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management and transactional systems domains that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient cloud enabled data processes and systems. 

About you, you have: 

• Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience with software development. 
• Strong and evolving competence in several programming languages and technologies, working knowledge of multiple tool sets, technologies and implementation environments especially in the cloud 
• Expert level experience in React, NodeJS and scripting in a Cloud based environment 
• Demonstrated advanced experience with AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS and DynamoDB, AWS CLI 
• Possess strong technical skills and experience in the virtual infrastructure domain, specifically Amazon Web Services. 
• Strong design and development experience in building and monitoring microservices including UI. 
• Working experience on CI/CD using AWS Code pipeline 
• Demonstrated experience in developing full stack solutions using NodeJS 
• Fundamentals in computer science foundation principles. 
• Working knowledge of distributed architectural design patterns 
• Knowledge of systems analysis and design (including OOAD and UML), and database design 
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and modern software engineering principles and practices 
• Experience setting up a DevOps 

Preferred Skills: 

• High analytical skills and knack to develop tools for monitoring high frequency data services. 
• Experience working on Agile teams with the scrum team member attitude – willingness to support the Team to be successful in any area necessary 
• Advanced demonstrated experience with AWS cloud supported programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python. 
• Ability to use: KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPC 
• Fluency with CI/CD toolsets such as: CloudFormation, BitBucket, Jenkins, Ansible 
• Experience with relational databases, and NoSQL databases 
• Experience building infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation or similar scripting techniques 
• Appetite to Learn new things 

 Education/Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree and/or other advanced degree preferred  
• Relevant AWS or other professional certifications 

All roles at College Board require:   

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work  
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer  
• 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.   
• 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.  
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.  
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success. 

About Our Process  

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.   
• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding or whiteboarding sessions, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.    

What We Offer  

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck—we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.  

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation  

• The hiring range for this role is $150,000 to $163,000 
• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.  
• We aim to make our best offer upfront—rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.  
• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.  

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more. 

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