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SalaryTECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have
- AWS Dynamo
- AWS Lambda
- AWS S3
- AWS - SNS/SQS
- JavaScript (ES6)
- Node.js
- AWS Kinesis
- React.js
Profile: We seek a senior to lead-level candidate with SOLID AWS solutions experience with TypeScript and JavaScript coding. This role is nearly solely focused on back-end microservices coding in all the AWS tech stack with some front-end development using ReactJS.
AWS - Dynamo
AWS - Lambda
AWS - S3
AWS - SNS/SQS
AWS - Kinesis
node.js Development
JavaScript ES6
React.js 3
As a Senior Software Engineer, the ideal candidate will have designed, developed, unit tested, implemented and documented solutions that include not only the code to supports business functionality, but also the underlying infrastructure required to run that code and the systems required to deploy it. The candidate will have also standardized and tuned the patterns and components in the complex system for use in other systems. They should also possess the vision and communication skills to help the team move the systems into the future. The ideal candidate will have designed, developed and implemented serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation. The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management domain that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient data processes and systems.
The candidate will report to the Director and work within agile application teams that develops and maintains highly visible and critical applications. The candidate will have responsibility to design, implement and tune various software patterns to be used within the applications. They will also be expected to help others on the team use those patterns within the application. As an Agile team member, from time to time, they may be called on to implement, unit test, document and maintain complex technical software solutions in support of the application development and QA processes. Additionally, they will be expected to ensure communications and relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations.
The Senior Software Engineer will maintain awareness and knowledge of the emerging trends in technology, and its usage within the industry, and will apply this learning in the establishment of new and innovative technology strategies to support College Boards business needs. The candidate will also work with the teams to establish related practices, standards, and guidelines and provide oversight and adoption support to solution delivery teams.
In addition, a successful candidate will be an innovative-thinkers and passionate in their pursuit of world class technology enabled business solutions. They will also be strong leaders, skilled communicators, and active partners, adept in interpreting and understanding the needs of the enterprise while translating those needs into technology architectures and solutions that are enduring and of high quality.
This is an opportunity for you to design and implement high-quality solutions that enable product and service delivery in support of the College Boards mission, strategy, goals, and objectives. You'll be surrounded by people who are like you; wickedly smart, passionate about the cloud, and know that the work that they are doing today supports the next generation of thought leaders and their future
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and implement standards, patterns and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organizations goals and objectives.
- Develop and implement solutions, based on that set of standards, patterns and processes.
- Developing full stack AWS Cloud solutions and continuous delivery frameworks that improve the ability of the CB IT delivery teams to efficiently deliver solutions with quality.
- Write complex code, building infrastructure as code, work with immutable cloud based environments, and build the supporting automated toolsets to test and deploy the systems they develop.
- Responsible for the quality of their work; will develop and implement a set of quality criteria and the associated validation method to ensure that any deliverable meets the expected quality levels of our customers, use quality management to ensure quality levels are maintained, seek new approaches and techniques to improve quality levels, employ reviews and observations to maintain the quality and continuous improvement process, and analyze the impact of quality control and quality assurance on project performance.
- Use metrics to establish feasibility of new initiatives and develop plans, including budget, sequencing and time frames.
- Actively review their own and the teams work processes and implements improvements seen from other teams or in industry to drive continuous improvement of the teams efficiency, speed, and quality
- The candidate will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation.
Education/Experience
- Strong problem solving and analytic skill Ability to handle multiple projects and assignments simultaneously and effectively in a cross-functional team environment
- Ability to work independently and in Agile teams. Scrum Team Member attitude willingness to support the Team to be successful in any area necessary
- A bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or MIS.
- 7+ years of experience in software systems, programming, database development, and infrastructure development and administration
- Demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring technical staff in the development and usage of cloud technology and solutions
- Minimum 5 years demonstrated experience with full stack development.
- 3+ years demonstrated experience with AWS cloud supported programming languages like Javascript, Node JS, React JS, Angular JS or Python development.
- 2+ years hands-on with AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, EC2, RDS and DynamoDB, AWS CLI
- Ability to use or learn: KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPC
- Fluency with CI/CD toolsets such as: Jenkins, Ansible, CloudFormation, BitBucket
- Working knowledge of AWS Serverless architecture
- Working knowledge of distributed architectural design patterns
- Strong and evolving competence in several programming languages and technologies, working knowledge of multiple tools sets, technologies and implementation environments
