Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager 

College Board – Technology 

Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. 

Type: This is a full-time position 

About Technology at College Board 

We are a mission-driven engineering team building and evolving the technology that powers and protects the future of learning. Our systems support highly trusted education programs used by millions of students each year, operating at significant scale and public responsibility. Today, we are focused on designing and delivering a critical new initiative that extends our platform in meaningful ways: blending foundational system work with thoughtful experimentation as we adapt to emerging technologies and new learner needs. We combine modern, cloud-native engineering practices with years of platform modernization, security hardening, and large-scale digital delivery, operating as an experiment factory that tests assumptions and iterates based on evidence rather than tradition. What makes this team distinct is the rare combination of meaningful public impact, platform-scale technical challenges, and the freedom to shape how mission-critical systems are built and evolved. 

About the Team 

The Core Assessment Platform is a group of cross-functional teams responsible for building and evolving shared platform capabilities that support assessment-related systems used by institutions at scale. The work spans a range of assessment contexts, from routine evaluation to more complex, high-stakes environments, where accuracy, consistency, and trust are essential. Teams collaborate across engineering, product, design, data, and operations to build reliable capabilities that can be reused and adapted over time. What makes this group special is its focus on continuous learning, experimentation, and steady improvement, with success driven by thoughtful collaboration, iteration, and careful decision-making in environments where reliability and quality matter. 

About the Opportunity   

As Engineering Manager, this role leads teams responsible for foundational platform capabilities within Core Assessment Platforms and requires strong technical judgment grounded in hands-on engineering experience. Leaders in this space are expected to operate at or near a senior engineer level in system design and code quality, with the ability to review code, assess technical tradeoffs, and guide teams toward sound implementation decisions.  This will include both direct people leadership and technical leadership, with accountability for delivery, system reliability, and team health. You’ll translate ambiguity into clarity, balancing long-term platform integrity with iterative progress, while working closely across engineering and partner functions. Impact is measured not only by the systems your teams deliver, but by the technical standards you uphold, the decisions you make under uncertainty, and the environment you create for engineers to learn, experiment, and do their best work. 

In this role, you will: 

Provide Technical Leadership to the Team (40%) 

• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise. 

• With senior engineers on the team, in partnership with the product owner and designer, craft and execute a technology strategy to deliver on the product roadmap.  

• Continue to learn and stay current with the state of software engineering, sharing that knowledge within the team to support best practices. 

• Review and occasionally write code yourself using preferred technologies including TypeScript, React, NodeJS. 

• Manage scope and actively work against developing technical debt. 

• Monitor and manage costs, working with internal resources to optimize the cost and performance of applications. 

• Approach every feature with a security-sensitive perspective. 

Build a highly engaged, and high-performing team (30%) 

• Cultivate norms that support strong communication, a positive working culture, and an engaged team. 

• Define ceremonies that support your high-performing Agile team, while maximizing productive work time. 

• Actively cultivate the superpowers of team members and leverage these to develop products. 

• Support diversity and inclusion from the perspectives of demographics, skills, and experience. 

• Manage work culture to ensure the mission and operating principles of College Board are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment. 

• Support and invest in the growth of your team members. 

Interface with business partners and technology colleagues (30%): 

• Develop deep understanding of the business needs your team serves to provide thought leadership and consistent messaging around the work of the team. 

• Develop strong working relationships with business and product partners to understand the nuances of the complex systems supported by your product. 

• Manage scope and workload, working with product owners to deliver the most valuable work first. 

• Provide subject matter expertise to other teams and support with resources from your own team as appropriate. 

About you, you have: 

• 7 years’ experience in Agile software application development, applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of life-cycle activities to meet the requirements for highly secure, data-heavy applications. 

• Proven expertise delivering web-based products or platform-level features in cloud-first environment using modern development tools. 

• Written and reviewed production code using preferred technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React. 

• Ability to design and evaluate AWS-based architectures with best practices. 

• Experience managing teams of 4 to 8 direct reports, including both junior-level and higher-level individual contributors. 

• Accountability for the technical output of the team, either through personal experience or strong communication with engineers. 

• Experience overseeing product or platform features, infrastructure, and vendor management, ensuring compliance with internal policies. 

• Comprehensive experience in all aspects of people management, including hiring, engaging, and developing team members, with a proven track record of successful leadership. 

• Experience leading engineering and architecture discussions, bringing stakeholders to agreement. 

• Exceptional planning, prioritization, and execution skills, delivering results on time and on budget in fast-paced environments. 

• Experience establishing new teams and laying foundation for new products, ideally within a large organization. 

• Outstanding communication and leadership abilities, building trust quickly across teams and levels, and effectively coaching team members with timely, balanced feedback. 

• Able to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office    

• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer 

All roles at College Board require:    

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work   

• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer   

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.    

• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal   

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.   

• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.   

• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.  

About Our Process    

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. 

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.    

What We Offer   

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck, we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.   

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation   

• The hiring range for this role is $125,000 - $170,000  

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.   

• We aim to make our best offer upfront—rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.   

• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.   

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.    

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