Job Title: Fullstack Node JS Developer Contract: Longterm ContractLocation: Reston, VA Remote
Job Description
As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, the candidate will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines. Candidate will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. Candidate will ensure relationships and interactions with customers, stakeholders and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations.The College Board – a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to providing excellence and equity in education – manages a complex and comprehensive suite of data systems, data feeds and reports to support students and educators across multiple assessments, programs and services. Working within the Information Technology division and across the operations and key business units, the Senior Full Stack Engineer will analyze procedures, and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation. The Senior Full Stack Engineer will design, develop and implement solutions, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization’s goals and objectives.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.Required Skills:Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience with software developmentStrong and evolving competence in several programming languages and technologies, working knowledge of multiple tool sets, technologies and implementation environmentsStrong practical experience in Javascript and NodeJS scripting experience in a Cloud based environmentUnderstanding of React.js and its core principlesDemonstrated experience with AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Step functions, RDS and DynamoDB, AWS CLIPossess technical skills and experience in the virtual infrastructure domain, specifically Amazon Web ServicesDesign and development experience in building and monitoring microservicesWorking experience on CI/CD using AWS Code pipelineDemonstrated experience in developing full stack solutions using NodeJS Fundamentals in OO and computer science foundation principlesWorking knowledge of distributed architectural design patternsKnowledge of systems analysis, design and database designKnowledge of software development lifecycle and modern software engineering principles and practicesExperience setting up a DataOps Preferred Skills:High analytical skills and knack to develop tools for monitoring high frequency data services.Experience working on Agile teams with the scrum team member attitude – willingness to support the Team to be successful in any area necessaryDemonstrated experience with AWS cloud supported programming languages like React JS, or Python development.Ability to use: KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPCFluency with CI/CD toolsets such as: CloudFormationExperience with NoSQL databases and relational databasesExperience building infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation or similar scripting techniquesAppetite to learn new technologies like Sagemaker, PlaywrightSome knowledge in data science and/or machine learning benefits Education/Certifications:Bachelor’s degree and/or other advanced degree(s)Relevant AWS or other professional certifications