Sr. Engineer

Sr. Engineer 

College Board -Technology 

Remote 

About the Team:  

The CLEP technology team builds user-friendly, scalable, well-engineered software solutions to support the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). The CLEP test-taker and educator are at the center of everything we do. Our engineers believe in creating an environment in which we value creativity while supporting each other in building expertise on the latest full-stack technologies. As a distributed team, we are strong advocates of work/life balance and flexibility with schedules when needed. Our team members participate in all aspects of software engineering, engaging in pair programming or mob programming where appropriate, and all team members participate in writing test automation scripts to test each other’s code. 

About the Opportunity:  

As a Senior Engineer, you are a poly-skilled technologist and problem solver. You possess extensive knowledge and expertise designing, implementing, and testing performant and resilient serverless apps in the cloud. You are communicative, approachable, self-driven and energized by collaboration with teammates and a desire to stay abreast of new technologies.  

In this role, you will:  

• Design and implement, in collaboration with your team, data-intensive services and components with an emphasis on reusability, scalability, and security  

• Understand our users’ workflows and processes and use technology to help them solve problems  

• Think holistically and participate in conversations on proposed architecture, testing strategies, the developer experience, security, performance, and fault-tolerance  

• Collaborate with team members through code review, live online conversations, effective written communication, and pair or mob programming  

• Implement efficient, well-engineered code as well as test automation scripts in support of the team’s goal to automate all testing 

• Mentor and help junior engineers in their growth  

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About you, you have:  

• A minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience    

• Advanced experience working with Node.js, React, and noSQL databases in an AWS environment 

• Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, SQS/SNS, S3, DynamoDB  

• Experience in hands-on development of software applications in a highly scaled environment 

• Experience working on Agile engineering teams 

• Willingness to work on test automation scripts and participate in mob programming sessions and code reviews 

• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and discover innovative and efficient solutions  

• You are authorized to work in the US 

About Our Process   

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled   

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally …