Software Engineer, Secure Client Engineering

College Board – Technology – Secure Client Engineering 

Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office) 

Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team  

Secure Client Engineering is part of Product Security and takes on some of the toughest security challenges in Bluebook, College Board’s digital assessment application. Our team designs and builds the protections that help keep Bluebook secure and resilient across macOS, iPad, Windows, and ChromeOS. We are a small, deeply collaborative group of poly-skilled engineers who solve hard problems together, write production code, and share ownership of both the work and the outcome. Through ensemble programming, also known as mob programming, we bring a hands-on, high-trust approach to engineering that values curiosity, craftsmanship, and continuous learning. 

About the Opportunity   

As a Software Engineer on Secure Client Engineering, you will help protect the integrity of Bluebook, the application students rely on for digital assessments across Windows, macOS, iPad, and ChromeOS. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys solving hard technical problems, writing production code, and working at the intersection of software engineering and security. You will collaborate with a small, highly skilled team to design and build resilient client-side protections, tackle unfamiliar challenges with curiosity and confidence, and contribute across the full software development lifecycle. If you are motivated by meaningful mission-driven work, deep technical problems, and the opportunity to shape how secure software is built, this role offers the chance to make a real impact. 

In this role, you will: 

• Design & Implementation (75%)   
• Collaborate daily with other engineers on the team using mob programming to solve complex technical problems through software engineering. 
• Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration across teams with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services. 
• Develop deep understanding of the applications within the Digital Assessment Platform to design and implement novel solutions to security challenges in desktop and mobile applications, across Windows, MacOS, iOS, and ChromeOS. 
• Write code for both native and web environments, building component-based, performant, stable, and secure solutions with a focus on lower-level code that interfaces with the native operation system. 
• Understand new product requirements and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification. 

Team Operations & Success (25%) 

• Participate in continuous improvement of the team’s engineering practices, efficiency, speed, and quality. 
• Participate in conversations and offer opinions on proposed architecture, testing strategies, developer experience, security, performance, and resilience. 
• Conduct and participate in peer code and design reviews. 
• Assist in the resolution of production issues. 
• Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures. 
• Adopt AI-augmented and agentic software engineering practices for rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based within the team’s collaborative engineering model. 
• Continuously develop the skills required to work in a poly-skilled, and increasingly AI-native, software engineering environment. 
• Experiment with new methods or tools in a post-agile environment to improve the processes of the team. 

About you, you have: 

• 2+ years of production level software development experience managing the entire lifecycle of features, including design, development, documentation, and deployment. 
• Demonstrated software engineering experience using one or more languages. 
• Strong problem-solving skills, working collaboratively with team members to develop solutions for non-trivial security challenges. 
• Experience in debugging and fixing issues in development, testing, and production environments. 
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and diagnose issues and develop solutions. 
• Ability to ask the right questions to understand needs and drive solution development.   
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies to guide daily work. 
• Commitment to learning and growth, turning failures into learning opportunities, and seeking expertise from others. 
• Ability to travel 2-3 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office

All roles at College Board require: 

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work 
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with 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 
• Authorization to work in the United States 

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 such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.    

What We Offer 

At College Board, we offer more than 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 $128,000–$139,000. 
• 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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