Lead Full Stack Engineer, Platform Services
College Board1 day ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$168k - $183k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set platform-wide technical strategy, architectural patterns, API contracts, engineering standards, and technical direction across multiple teams.
- Architect and build scalable full-stack solutions using React and TypeScript with AWS-native backend services.
- Design APIs and data integration layers that aggregate content from multiple independent domains while handling latency, partial failures, caching, and data integrity.
- Build reusable front-end components and shared micro-frontend or Module Federation modules for the platform shell.
- Design cloud-native architectures using Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, ECS, and CloudWatch.
- Establish automation, observability, security, performance, reliability, and platform readiness standards.
- Own automated end-to-end and UI testing strategy and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Solve complex technical problems, lead design and code reviews, mentor engineers including senior engineers, and communicate trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders.
- Partner with product, operations, security, QA, and domain teams to deliver aligned cross-team initiatives.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting scalable cloud-native full-stack applications.
- 5+ years of experience building modern front-end applications with TypeScript and React.
- Proven experience setting technical direction and standards across multiple teams or a platform.
- Strong hands-on backend experience with Node.js, preferably using TypeScript, including APIs and large-scale data integration layers.
- Deep experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and DynamoDB.
- Experience integrating and aggregating data from multiple independent backend or domain services into a single user interface.
- Strong knowledge of distributed cloud infrastructure and microservices architecture, including architectural trade-offs.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and related tools including AWS CDK, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, and Backstage.
- Experience building responsive, secure, high-performance UIs with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Familiarity with micro-frontend architectures, Module Federation, shared shells, and component patterns.
- Experience establishing automated end-to-end and UI testing frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to mentor senior engineers and influence technical direction without direct management authority.
- Preferred qualifications include LaunchDarkly, Grafana, CloudWatch dashboards, Apache Flink or similar stream-processing tools, ML/AI lifecycle concepts, and prior experience as a technical lead, staff engineer, or architect.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer and able to communicate, collaborate, prioritize, and lead complex cross-team initiatives.
Benefits
- Remote role, with fully remote or hybrid work available for candidates near College Board offices; hybrid employees work Tuesday and Wednesday in the office.
- Occasional travel is required for in-person business purposes.
- Full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package and a mission-driven, self-sustaining nonprofit work environment.
- Compensation discussions are transparent and location-adjusted, with offers based on qualifications, experience, impact, and market data.
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About College Board
College Board is a nonprofit education organization that builds and administers programs such as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, Advanced Placement, CLEP, and BigFuture planning tools for students, schools, and colleges. It generates revenue primarily through exam and program fees and services to educational institutions. Founded in 1900 and headquartered in New York, it works with U.S. secondary schools and higher-ed admissions to deliver assessments and course frameworks.