The College Board · 5 hours ago
Senior Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $157K/yr
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
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
Apply your subject matter expertise in current technological capabilities such as cloud networking, API integrations, infrastructure resiliency, and cloud design
Write code to automate the infrastructure lifecycle, create and support internal tools utilizing IaC, and be able to use CLIs
Develop custom backstage plugins using React, Typescript and/or Node.js
Collaborate to define transformation patterns from a vertical application with service dependencies to a cloud capability
Partner with domain SMEs (Delivery Team Software Engineers, Security, Infrastructure, Network, Observability and Operations) to analyze the features and capabilities
Work with technology leaders to understand business objectives and align architectures and cloud product offerings with those objectives
Contribute to the development and growth of the Cloud Engineering Program, through thought leadership, design and implementation of tools and processes
Participate in the Enterprise Architecture Review process
Implement cloud-first architectural solutions and best practices
Contribute to technology strategy and planning, conducting research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts and recommending technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility
Participate in agile scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo, Retro) and contribute to team deliverables
Participate in peer reviews of software engineering artifacts
Assist in the identification and resolution of production and production-like issues
Mentor team members by designing and developing training materials to communicate the current and future infrastructure architecture
Lead technical efforts and mentor technical staff in the development and usage of technology architectures and solutions with a primary focus on DNS, Disaster Recovery and Resiliency
Qualification
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Required
5+ years’ experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, immutable infrastructure, automation, and modern DevOps patterns
Expertise in Cloud Computing, DevOps, and Microservices
Strong working knowledge with AWS cloud infrastructure and AWS resources (Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, DynamoDB)
Strong coding/scripting experience with JavaScript, React.js, Node.js or Java
Skilled in building event-driven serverless applications
Excellent communication, collaboration and mentoring skills
Proven ability to develop and maintain customer relationships
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Authorization to work in the U.S.
Preferred
Experience building API’s or other back-end services
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Generous paid time off
Paid parental leave
Fertility benefits
Pet insurance
Tuition assistance
Retirement benefits
Annual bonuses
Salary growth over time through market increases
Opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility
Four weeks of paid time off
A generous retirement savings plan
Tuition reimbursement
Ongoing professional development and training
Company
The College Board
College Board is a non-profit organization that clears a path for all students to own their future through the Advanced Placement Program, the SAT, Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy, BigFuture, and more.
1,001-5,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
David Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Daniela Berger Pollack
Chief Financial Officer
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