Senior Full Stack Engineer Contract

Position: Senior Fullstack Software Engineer (Contract)

Mode: Contract - long term

Location: Remote

Tech Stack Grid:

• NO Awareness of technology (0)
• LITTLE Awareness - read/heard of technology (1)
• EXPOSURE to technology in environment (2)
• SOME development in technology (3)
• Very COMFORTABLE developing in technology (4)
• EXPERTISE in technology i.e. could teach a class (5)

Javascript (ES6), Level - 4
AWS - Serverless, Level - 4
AWS - DynamoDB, Level - 3
AWS - Lambda, Level - 4
AWS - S3, Level - 4
AWS - SNS/SQS, Level - 4
node.js Development, Level - 4
React, Level - 4
Automated UI/browser Testing, Level - 3
Automated API integration testing, Level - 3

About the Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, candidate will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines. Candidate will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. Candidate will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members and 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 and implement 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, implemented and tested serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation. The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management domain that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient data processes and systems. Experience with automated testing of frontend and/or backend using Selenium or similar will be an advantage.

Required Skills:

• 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
• Strong practical experience in NodeJS and scripting experience in a Cloud based environment
• Demonstrated experience with AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, RDS/DynamoDB/Neptune, CloudWatch, AWS CLI
• Possess technical skills and experience in the virtual infrastructure domain, specifically Amazon Web Services.
• Design and development experience in building and monitoring microservices
• Working experience on CI/CD using Jenkins/AWS Code pipeline
• Demonstrated experience in developing full stack solutions using NodeJS
• Fundamentals in OO and computer science foundation principles.
• Working knowledge of distributed architectural design patterns
• Working knowledge of automated testing
• 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

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
• Demonstrated experience with AWS cloud supported programming languages like Java, React JS, Angular JS or Python development.
• Ability to use: KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPC
• Fluency with CI/CD toolsets such as: CloudFormation, BitBucket, Jenkins, Ansible
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience building infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation or similar scripting techniques
• Appetite to Learn new things
• Some knowledge in data science and/or machine learning

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor s degree and/or other advanced degree(s)
• Relevant AWS or other professional certifications

About the College Board

We are a mission-focused, not-for-profit membership organization that believes in promoting innovation, equity, and excellence for generations of students. Our members include more than 6,000 of the world s leading colleges, schools, and other educational organizations. We have over 1,600 employees in offices across the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico.

We are advocates for children and parents; we empower teachers and educators, and we are a strong presence in thousands of schools and communities across the country through programs and services - the SAT, Advanced Placement (AP ) and Pre-AP are just a few. Our work falls broadly into four categories: College Readiness, College Connection & Success, Student Opportunities, and Advocacy.

Named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative education companies, the College Board is a mission-focused organization. This job requires a strong focus on improving educational opportunities and outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged students, in the context of a competitive business environment.

Mission

Our mission is to clear a path for all students to own their future.

Selected candidates will be employed as a contingent worker of nextSource which is College Board s Managed Staffing Solutions Provider unless role is listed as direct hire . nextSource is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. nextSource is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at or you may call us at +1 .