Technology - Item Cloud Team 100% Remote (working EST) The Team: The Item Cloud Blue team is committed to building and driving innovation for internal-facing web applications that support College Board's core products. Our team consists of 2 small squads, each of which owns a unique, data-intensive, high-impact, single-page web application that represents our internal content creation processes. We build everything serverless, in the cloud, leveraging current technologies and novel techniques to be a force-multiplier for the programs we serve. We are remote, but close-knit. We often accomplish our work through paired or mob programming. We are outcome-oriented, putting a premium on quality and efficiency. We use Agile scrum to manage our work and deliver value regularly following a DevOps model. The impact of our efforts as creative problem-solvers and idea-generators leads to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board's biggest program applications, serving millions of students to help them take ownership of their future. The Opportunity: As a Lead Full Stack Engineer, you are a skilled technologist and problem-solver. You possess extensive knowledge and expertise designing, implementing, and testing performant and fault-tolerant serverless and container-based apps executing in the cloud. You have experience modernizing legacy applications. You are energized by collaboration with teammates and a desire to stay abreast of new technologies. These traits along with your ability to learn quickly enable you to work harmoniously as you apply innovative, cloud-based solutions within College Board's Technology group. Experience with modernizing legacy applications through various frameworks/methodologies. In this role, you will: * Lead the design and implementation, in collaboration with team members, data-intensive, highly secure, primarily React-based components. * Solve complex problems using divergent thinking resulting in innovative solutions. * Follow DevOps best practices including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code. * Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of our customer's business processes and operations. * Mentor and help other engineers in their growth. * Support team-centered, Agile software development. About you, you have: * 5+ years' experience building, testing, and managing web-based applications. * At least 4 years of recent, strong, hands-on experience with a combination of JavaScript/TypeScript, and / or Python. * Expertise working within the AWS cloud ecosystem, including resources such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, DynamoDB. * Skilled in DevOps and automated testing initiatives. * Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems. * User and mission oriented. * Generous in service of students, colleagues, and partners. About Our Process * Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled * While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks About Our Benefits and Compensation College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market. The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $158,000 to $173,000. College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary. Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience