Lead Python Developer - REQ000858_43245530923_45-3175

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This job was posted by https://www.vermontjoblink.com : For more information, please see: https://www.vermontjoblink.com/jobs/979009 <b>College Board Technology Division - Item Cloud Team</b> <br> <br> <b>Remote</b> <br> <br> <b>About the Team</b> <br> <br>The Item Cloud team is committed to building and driving innovation for internal-facing web applications that support College Board's core products. Our team consists of 2 small squads, each of which owns a unique, data-intensive, high-impact, single-page web application that represent our internal content creation processes. We build everything serverless, in the cloud, leveraging current technologies and novel techniques to be a force-multiplier for the programs we serve. We are remote, but close-knit. We often accomplish our work through paired or mob programming. We are outcome-oriented, putting a premium on quality and efficiency. We use Agile scrum to manage our work and deliver value regularly following a DevOps model. The impact of our efforts as creative problem-solvers and idea-generators leads to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board's biggest program applications, serving millions of students to help them take ownership of their future.<br> <br> <b>About the Opportunity:</b> <br> <br>As a Lead Python Developer, you are a skilled technologist and problem-solver. You possess extensive knowledge and expertise designing, implementing, and testing performant and fault-tolerant serverless and container-based apps executing in the cloud. You are energized by collaboration with teammates and a desire to stay abreast of new technologies. These traits along with your ability to learn quickly enable you to work harmoniously as you apply innovative, cloud-based solutions within College Board's Technology group.<br> <br> <b>In this role, you will:</b> <br> <br> <ul> <li>Design and implement, in collaboration with team members, data-intensive, highly secure, primarily React-based components.</li> <li>Solve complex problems using divergent thinking resulting in innovative solutions.</li> <li>Follow DevOps best practices including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code.</li> <li>Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of our customer's business processes and operations.</li> <li>Mentor and help other engineers in their growth.</li> <li>Support team-centered, Agile software development.</li></ul> <br> <b>About you, you</b> <b>:</b> <br> <br> <ul> <li>5+ years' experience building, testing, and managing web-based applications.</li> <li>At least 2 years of recent, strong, hands-on experience with Python, React, and/or JavaScript.</li> <li>Experience working within the AWS cloud ecosystem including resources such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, DynamoDB.</li> <li>Passion for automated testing.</li> <li>Bachelor's and/or master's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems.</li> <li>User and mission oriented.</li> <li>Generous in service of students, colleagues, and partners.</li></ul> <br> <b>About Our Culture</b> <br> <ul> <li>We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year.</li> <li>We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard.</li> <li>We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals.</li> <li>Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills.</li></ul> <br>#LI-THEACORN<br> <br>#LI-REMOTE

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