Senior Software Engineer
College Board2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$153k - $166k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate automated preventive and detective guardrails across enterprise AWS environments.
- Build enterprise-wide controls that prevent or automatically remediate high-risk cloud misconfigurations and improve protection for internet-facing systems.
- Enhance Unified Vulnerability Management workflows and automate vulnerability intake, enrichment, ticketing, prioritization, and response.
- Develop engineering solutions that improve security detection, triage, remediation velocity, and measurable risk reduction.
- Implement automated security checks and product security maturity metrics in Backstage using telemetry and Security Scorecard outputs.
- Maintain continuity of CSPM coverage and dependent integrations, deliver a replacement CSPM proof of concept, and address capability gaps with supplemental guardrails.
- Document designs and architecture, participate in code and design reviews, and contribute to engineering standards and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with extensive exposure to software engineering practices and demonstrated full-stack proficiency.
- Proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Deep understanding of AWS, including IAM, KMS, EC2, EventBridge, ECS, Config, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, and Lambda, using CloudFormation, CDK, or Serverless Framework.
- Working knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewalling.
- Experience establishing software engineering guidelines, conducting code and design reviews, and documenting and presenting architecture artifacts.
- Ability to proactively define guardrails and operate effectively in fast-changing environments.
- Authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
- Preferred experience includes pair or mob programming, DevOps and CI/CD automation, cloud and application security, platform engineering, open-source contribution, SQL or NoSQL databases, advanced Agentic Engineering, or AIDLC.
- AWS professional-level or AWS Security Specialty certification is a plus.
Benefits
- Fully remote work; employees near College Board offices may alternatively work hybrid on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Full-time position.
- Hiring range is location-adjusted 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.