Senior Full Stack Engineer

College Board – Technology Division - Item Development Platform 

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 Item Cloud Green team leads the evolution of College Board’s digital assessment ecosystem through Hummingbird, our modern platform for AP exam authoring and assembly. We are reimagining how educators and assessment specialists create, organize, and deliver secure, high-quality exams at scale. Our cross-functional, fully remote team of engineers, designers, and product leaders combines technical excellence with human-centered design to make the exam creation process more intuitive, efficient, and resilient. We take pride in building reliable, scalable systems that power meaningful learning experiences for millions of students each year. Creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement define how we work, and our shared purpose connects every line of code to College Board’s mission of expanding opportunity for all learners. 

About the Opportunity   

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the Item Cloud Green - Sage team, you’ll apply your technical expertise to simplify, scale, and strengthen the systems that power College Board’s internal authoring platform. You’ll take ownership of meaningful engineering challenges, building and refining cloud-based, full-stack applications that directly support educators and learners. You’ll work in a modern AWS environment, designing reliable infrastructure and smooth deployment pipelines while collaborating closely with thoughtful peers who value clarity, mentorship, and clean code. This is a role for an engineer who enjoys solving hard problems end-to-end, thrives on improving how things work, and is energized by the impact of their work reaching millions of students through College Board’s digital assessment ecosystem. 

In this role, you will: 

Design & Implementation (60%) 

• Design and implement, in collaboration with your team, data-intensive services and components with an emphasis on reusability, scalability, and security 
• Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, stakeholders, and engineering team members in support of our systems and services  
• Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes  
• 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. 
• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of a cross-functional Agile team. 

Software Solutioning & Design (20%) 

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of business processes and operations 
• Work closely with engineering leaders to evaluate feature requests, provide level-of-effort estimates and contribute to sprint planning 
• Conduct and participates in peer code and design reviews 

About you, you have: 

• 5+ years of professional production level software development experience    
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with TypeScript and JavaScript across the stack (React, Node.js)  
• Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, EC2, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, IAM, CloudWatch, DynamoDB  
• Experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and/or Terraform  
• Knowledge of observability best practices  
• Experience with NoSQL modeling and database design  
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and discover innovative and efficient solutions  
• Effective communicator and team lead, able to provide actionable feedback, mentor team members, and participate in interviews to evaluate engineering talent. 
• Ability to travel 3-5 times a 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 such as live coding, 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 – $164,000 
• 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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