College Board Technology Division - Data Science & Item Cloud Remote Hybrid Onsite About the Team The Data Science and Item Cloud teams are committed to building and driving innovation for internal-facing, data intensive web applications that support College Board's core products. In total, we are a group of 32, consisting primarily of engineers and data scientists. We are creative problem solvers and idea-generators. We own 3 complex, single-page web applications that represent our internal content creation processes. We build everything serverless, in the cloud, staying current on technology. Our data science team provides support for custom machine learning microservices architecture. Together, the impact of our ideas leads to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board's biggest program applications, which serve millions of students in support of our mission. About the Opportunity You will apply your skills while leading large, strategic and complex initiatives that have a clear impact on the students that we serve. As the Principal Engineer, you are a technical leader, a partner, and an innovator. This role requires someone with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills that uses data to inform decisions and actions. Someone who maintains awareness and knowledge of emerging technology trends that will accelerate your ability to provide technical oversight of our teams' products, as well as guide the teams toward improved ways of working. The engineer will be able to move forward multiple projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the teams. The team communicates directly with our clients, to gain a deep understanding of their needs. You will work directly with our product owners, designers, and users to find the most efficient and effective technical solutions to meet and exceed our users' needs. In this role, you will be responsible for the following: Strategy & Design Leadership (60%) * Set architectural direction for a broad set of domains and systems. * Design and implement best-in-class systems and frameworks that will succeed long-term. * Deliver upon initiatives with organizational impact and priority. * Define technical strategy that improves products, infrastructure, processes, and organization, while staying abreast of risks and opportunities that influence strategy. * Provide exceptional leadership and technical innovations to features that span boundaries across engineering teams. Coaching & Collaboration (40%) * Be a great partner, working across technical teams to build sustainable contracts looking out for the good of system vs. what might be easiest for a sole product. * Foster strong working relationships with other technologists outside our team, especially within Enterprise Architecture, DevSecOps, and InfoSec * Play a critical role in coaching and mentoring junior engineers. * Contribute content and facilitation for the Full Stack Technical Education program. * Support recruiting and hiring for various engineering teams and positions. About you, you have: * 10+ years of experience in software systems, programming, database development, and infrastructure development and administration. * A graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar experience with fundamentals * A track record of influencing and delivering initiatives with organizational impact. * An aptitude for directly engaging clients and users to gain strong understanding of their holistic needs. * An orientation towards teaching and developing junior employees. * A collaborative mindset prioritizing team success over individual accolades. * Passion for working in an iterative development environment. * Ability to solve complex problems using divergent thinking resulting in innovative solutions. * Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship. Technical athleticism: * An ability to break down complex initiatives into simple systems. * Deep technical domain knowledge: ap