Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer 

Fully Remote - Must be based in USA (Working EST hours)

About the Team 

The Landscape team is committed to making higher education accessible to every student, no matter where they live or learn. We provide a no-cost tool to Higher Education Institutions that gathers consistent, quality high school and neighborhood information for every applicant to help admissions officers fully consider all students. We are a small, self-organized team of 3 engineers with a lot of autonomy. We are never shy about experimenting and implementing solutions using the most innovative technologies. We regularly collaborate, keeping it light, while pitching and sharing our ideas to help define the future of the application. We work closely with product owners, higher education institutions, and external partners to serve our mission. 

About the Opportunity  

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the Landscape team, you are a collaborator, an idea-sharer. You have a strong interest in understanding and improving products for the end user. You relish the opportunity to bring your ideas and your love of coding to support, enhance and define the future of a fully cloud-based web application that is used by thousands of college admissions officers across the county. You are not shy about taking on new work you may not have done before while eagerly contributing to all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, coding, testing, deploying, and support.  

In this role, you will:   

Design & Implementation (75%) 

• Design and implement high-quality software using the latest and greatest cloud technologies 

• Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services  

• Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification 

• Build solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps 

• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment   

Team Operations & Success (25%) 

• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables   

• Participate in peer reviews of software engineering artifacts   

• Assist in the identification and resolution of production issues 

• Ensure the team is adhering to development standards and security policies and procedures 

About You 

You have: 

• 7+ years of professional software development experience 

• Experience with Full Stack development using React, Node.js and Python 

• Experience developing application on AWS cloud platform  

• Experience with database technologies (DynamoDB, and/or SQL Server, Redshift, PostgreSQL)  

• Strong knowledge of building API’s or other back-end services in Python 

• Excellent communication, and problem-solving skills  

• An enthusiasm for innovating and learning new technologies 

• Deep familiarity of Agile/Scrum iterative development environment  

• Hands-on experience to independently deliver high-quality code 

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related work experience  

• You are authorized to work in the United States of America 

Additional nice-to-have’s: 

• Experience with creating quick proof-of-concept (POC) trials by trying out different approaches to find the best solution 

• Experience with version control using Git, Dev Ops for test automation, and experience provisioning and managing Cloud infrastructure as code using AWS Cloud Formation, and/or AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) 

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  

About Our Benefits and Compensation  

The 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 b