Fully Remote

About the Team

As a LeadFull Stack Engineer on the Generative AI Studio, you are a leader, collaborator, and innovator. You will work daily with our Data Scientist, UX Designer, and Product Manager. You have a strong interest in understanding our stakeholders and leveragingnew technologies to support them. You relish the opportunity to bring new ideas and your love of software to prototype new products, establish new patterns, and serve as a SME for working with Generative AI. You are not shy about taking on new work you may not have done before while owningall phases of prototyping including requirements definition and analysis, application design, coding, reviewing, testing, deploying, and support. You are eager to lead by example as well as more formally through peer collaboration, coaching and mentoring.

In this role, you will:  

Strategic Enablement (30%)  

• Serve as an organizational Subject Matter Expert on implementing Generative AI applications
• Work with our Enterprise Architecture team to review and/or establish implementation patterns involving Generative AI tools
• Advise on, and where feasible, create tools and infrastructure that will enable teams to safely deploy Generative AI tools
• Depending on organizational priority, this may include setting up an internal GenAI chatbot tool with the support of other engineers

About You

You are a self-starter who can manage all aspects of software prototyping. You enjoy a fast-paced, highly-collaborative environment. You are energized by working closely with product, design, and research colleagues. You have a passion for experimenting with new technology, and especially AI.

You have:

• 7+ years of professional experience designing, building, testing, and managing scalable web-based applications within a cloud-hosted environment
• 3+ years’ experience implementing applications using JavaScript frameworks, primarily with React
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with back-end technologies Node.JS, and/or Python
• Expertise in developing responsive UIs using JavaScript, CSS, HTML 
• Experience in asynchronous programming and event-driven messaging patterns
• Strong knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and experience working with AWS resources such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, KMS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB
• Experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), and/or TerraForm
• Proven track record of training and coaching less experienced teammates in new technologies
• Strong analytical thinking, structured problem-solving and practical decision-making skills
• Ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies
• Effective communication and documentation skills

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 $158,000to $174,000.

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, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on these criteria. 

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more
• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility
• A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive​

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.

About Our Culture

• We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year
• We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard
• We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals
• Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills