TheCollegeBoard Hiring for Senior Software Engineer – REQ001138_43245530923_1-3175 at Little Rock, Arkansas Full Time

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About the Team

The Internal Business Intelligence team supports a wide range of College
Board programs by providing reporting and services that assist in the
preparation leading up to an administration as well as the analysis post
administration. This team supports a centralized reporting platform that
serves 800+ users, is responsible for providing the necessary
information to run email campaigns for various programs and collaborates
with others in special projects that support major College Board major
initiatives.

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Internal Business Intelligence
team, you will be responsible for building reporting solutions and
products leveraging complex and/or standard datasets, using an array of
diverse technologies, including SQL, Redshift, Tableau, AWS
S3/Lambda/Dynamo/RDS/EC2/IAM, and Python. You will take initiative and
engage with other engineers to solve problems related to data sourcing
and automation. You are not shy about taking on new work you may not
have done before while eagerly contributing to all phases of software
engineering, including requirements definition and analysis, application
design, coding, coaching, testing, deploying, and support.

This position will work on a small team solving high-priority challenges
relating to educational content development.

In this role you will:

Design & Implementation (70%)

• Cultivate and maintain knowledge of College Board products, data
  systems and information assets
• Build data-driven and insightful reporting solutions from concept to
  deployment using the best practices and leveraging latest technology
• Seek out and understand existing and new product capabilities and
  determine the best methods for implementation
• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the team
  in a poly-skilled development environment

Customer Engagement (20%)

• Support and understand the business need from the user perspective
• Focus on designing and developing effective user-friendly reporting
  assets including interfaces and outputs.
• Contribute towards the broad use visualization throughout the
  College Board.
• Good communication and practical decision-making skills; a believer
  in good feedback and documentation

Team Operations & Success (10%)

• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming,
  Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables
• Participate in peer reviews of software engineering artifacts
• Assist in the identification and resolution of production issues
• Ensure the team is adhering to development standards and security
  policies and procedures

About you

• BA/BS required (major in an analytical field desired)
• A minimum of 4 to 6+ years work related experience
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving ability
• Highly proficient with SQL, BI skills, Tableau software preferred,
  Relational Databases, Data Modeling, MS Office
• Comfortable with AWS technology components like S3, Athena, Glue
• You are authorized to work in the US

More about you

• Experience in hands-on development of reporting applications for the
  Web in a professional environment
• Ability to handle multiple projects and assignments simultaneously
  and effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Versed on the agile methodology and best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skill with the ability to
  work with a diverse set of colleagues, across functions, from
  different organizations, disciplines, etc.
• Self-starter, ability to set priorities, work independently and
  attain goals.

About Our Benefits and Compensation

College Board offers a strong compensation and benefits package that
attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education.

• Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision
  insurance, tuition assistance, paid time off, paid parental leave,
  retirement benefits with a generous matching program, and more.
• We reward performance through annual bonuses and provide
  opportunities for salary growth over time through base compensation
  increases, merit raises and promotions.
• We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each
  other, their qualifications, and their impact. The salary range for
  a new employee in this position is $144,000 to $157,000. The
  salary offer of an individual candidate within this range is
  specific to their location and qualifications.
• Each salary offer is determined carefully using internal and
  external benchmarking and adjusting for the candidate’s location.
  You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after
  you begin the application process.

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