Lead Full Stack Engineer

College Board - Technology- Data Science, Score, and Report Domain Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The Item Calibration team works together to solve complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions. Embracing a culture of continuous improvement, we look for ways to incorporate new technologies in the delivery of systems that are responsible for analysis and scoring of tests of SAT/PSAT and AP programs, all with the singular purpose of providing comprehensive assessments to millions of students. We regularly collaborate sharing our ideas to help define the future of our applications. Our team is characterized by our positive team culture, strong technical skills, focus on delivering value and our ability to have fun while being productive. We are a collaborative group of engineers who mentor one another, pitch in when a teammate needs help, and treat mistakes as problems to solve together. About the Opportunity As a Lead Engineer on the Item Calibration team, you will lead the technical direction and development of critical scoring capabilities for College Board's assessments, starting with backend and serverless systems and extending to user-facing tools for our Psychometrics partners. Leveraging your AWS expertise, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, you will analyze complex feature requirements, automate processes, and drive efficiencies. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will contribute to improving reliability and efficiency of systems. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, Agile environment and is eager to make a meaningful impact on the digital transformation of SAT, PSAT, and AP assessments. In this role, you will: Lead the design, development, testing and deployment of full stack AWS cloud solutions that include highly scalable REST APIs, microservices, data pipelines and other event driven applications using Node.js, TypeScript and serverless technologies, with initial work focused on the backend. Contribute to building user interfaces in React for internal users, including a planned item review screen for Psychometrics, working with UX partners as they become available and bringing an understanding of what makes the interface work for the people who use it. Partner with business and technical teams to translate data insights into actionable recommendations and sound technical decisions. Lead the development and review of requirements, data mappings, user stories, and other artifacts, clearly communicating to both business and technical team members. Lead the resolution of production issues, driving troubleshooting and root cause analysis and working with engineering teams to implement lasting fixes. Proactively monitor production deployments and, on occasion, troubleshoot outside normal business hours, given the accuracy and timeliness that scoring requires. Guide functional testing by validating data accuracy, system behavior, and process integrity. Utilize application development tools and methodologies across multiple platforms. Set and uphold engineering standards, ensuring the team delivers code that uses best practices and design patterns, that includes comprehensive unit testing, and that has gone through a sound code-review process. Serve as the technical lead for the team, mentoring and coaching junior engineers and providing technical direction, guidance on priorities, and constructive feedback on code, designs, and approach to help them grow and work with increasing independence. Influence technical direction and the adoption of engineering practices across the team and with partners, without relying on formal authority. Design and create artifacts that enable junior engineers to deliver effectively, such as design specs, flow diagrams, reference implementations and code templa