This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12372061 College Board - Technology Organization - GenAI Studio

Location: This is a fully remote role.

Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team

The GenAI Studio is an internal incubator at College Board that launched in January 2024. Through the Studio, College Board is investing time and resources for Generative AI ideation. The Studio is responsibly experimenting with AI in AP classrooms and creating strategic partnerships to make informed decisions about AI in our broader portfolio of offerings. The Studio is comprised of a diverse, cross-functional team of strategists, technologists, and product managers at College Board committed to solving the most impactful and interesting problems arising with AI. Across the team we divide the work around strategic enablement within our organization, AI innovations that are both internally and externally facing, and advancing AI Literacy in the education space.

About the Opportunity

As the Engineering Manager for the GenAI Studio at College Board, you will lead a team of 4 software engineers and data scientists to develop innovative AI solutions that enhance student learning and streamline internal processes. Your role is crucial in creating secure, impactful AI prototypes that align with College Board\'s strategic goals. You will collaborate closely with product and design teams, ensuring seamless integration of AI initiatives. Your leadership bridges technical and business needs, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment that drives the successful adoption of AI technologies across the organization.

In this role, you will:

Provide technical leadership to the team (40%)

• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise.
• Continue to learn and keep abreast of developments in Generative AI software, sharing that knowledge within the team to support best practices
• Provide guidance to team members as they solution and build prototypes, occasionally working directly in the code yourself and review code submitted by team members.
• 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 and the GenAI Studio are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment.

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 experimenting with GenAI applications and support with resources from your own team as appropriate.

About you, you have

• A minimum of 5 years\' exp rience in full stack software development and applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of life-cycle activities to meet the requirements for compute-intensive, data-heavy applications.
• Hands-on experience developing with technologies such as AWS, React, TypeScript, Python and Large Language Models (preferred, but not required)
• Strong communication skills, customer relationship management skills and team leadership skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams in an Agile environment
• Knowledge of crossover/interdependencies between infrastructure tasks and development activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A passion for delivering high quality products that help students succeed
• Visionary leadership with a track record of having your innovative ideas adopted by initially reluctant parties.
• Able to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office
• You are authorized to work in the United States.

About Our Process

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled

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