Senior Engineer - Workforce Tools & Integrations

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).  

Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team  

The Workforce Tools & Integration team builds cloud, AI, and automation platforms that power how College Board staff work—modernizing service management, streamlining operations, and improving the speed and reliability of technology delivery for millions of students and thousands of schools we serve. We work across Product DevOps, Security, Network Engineering, and Infrastructure to design secure, scalable solutions using tools like Jira Service Management, Atlassian Cloud, Slack, Okta, GitHub, and emerging AI capabilities such as OpenAI and Gemini. As a collaborative team, we swarm on complex challenges, go deep when needed, and continuously learn and innovate together, united by a commitment to delivering tools that help our workforce—and ultimately our students—thrive. 

About the Opportunity   

As a Senior Engineer on the Workforce Tools & Integration team, you will play a key hands-on role in designing and delivering the workforce platforms, integrations, and AI-powered solutions that shape the daily experience of College Board staff. You will apply deep cloud engineering expertise and strong AI fluency to translate complex business needs into scalable, secure solutions. This role focuses on architecting and building event-driven cloud services, intelligent automations, and integrations across our ecosystem of workforce tools. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, and teams across Product DevOps, Security, Network Engineering, and Infrastructure, contributing to architectural decisions, elevating engineering standards, and helping the team tackle complex challenges efficiently. Through your work, you will help modernize how our workforce operates, enabling faster delivery, improved reliability, and meaningful operational impact in support of College Board’s mission.  

In this role, you will: 

Design & Implementation (60%) 

• Design and implement high-quality software using the latest technologies with a focus on building component-based, cost-effective, scalable, and secure solutions using design patterns to improve collaboration with other microservices/apps and promoting code reuse 

• Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services  

• Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification 

• Build solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps. 

Team Operations & Success (20%) 

• Participate in, or lead Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables. 

• Participate and lead peer reviews of software engineering artifacts 

• Assist in the resolution of production issues 

• Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures  

• Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team’s DevOps model 

• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment 

Software Solutioning & Design (20%) 

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the customer’s business processes and operations 

• Work closely with Solutions Architect, Lead Engineer and Data Leads evaluating feature requests, providing level-of-effort estimates and contribute to sprint planning 

• Conduct and participates in peer code and design reviews 

About you, you have: 

• 5–8 years of production-level software development experience, owning the full lifecycle of features—from design and development to documentation and deployment—with demonstrated experience building and maintaining robust integrations with external APIs. 

• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in production settings. 

• Practical experience with AI infrastructure, security, and system administration, including implementing guardrails, secrets management, and access controls for LLM-based systems. 

• Proficiency in improving code structure and system architecture for testability, maintainability, and scalability, with hands-on experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and AWS Serverless technologies, including designing backend services that integrate securely with AI/ML or LLM platforms. 

• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, working with engineers to diagnose and resolve complex issues and partnering with Product Owners to prioritize backlog, particularly for features involving AI-driven workflows or intelligent automations, with a demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new tools, frameworks, and emerging technologies and apply them effectively. 

• Demonstrated ability to propose, evaluate, and implement new ideas, including the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities that improve system efficiency, user experience, or operational outcomes. 

• Effective communicator and senior individual contributor, able to provide actionable code and design feedback, mentor teammates, and participate in interviews to assess engineering talent, with experience explaining AI-related tradeoffs and implementation details to technical and non-technical partners. 

• Ability to travel 3–5 times per year to our NYC or Reston, VA office. 

• Authorization to work in the United States. 

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, 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 $153,000 - $166,000  

• 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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