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Build and deliver hybrid web/native mobile applications for iOS and Android supporting secure, high-stakes digital assessments. Design modular mobile components, integrate OS/device capabilities, optimize performance and security, collaborate in Agile teams, maintain CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to shared mobile patterns and documentation.

Develop and execute editorial and content strategy across AP and Pre-AP web properties. The role organizes complex information, defines content structure and placement, guides information architecture and taxonomy, creates and edits web content, manages CMS publishing, and conducts audits and optimization. It partners with cross-functional stakeholders, supports content governance and workflows, improves findability and usability, and balances multiple priorities across course launches and ongoing web updates.

Leads higher-education content, messaging, newsletters, web resources, reports, and cross-channel campaigns for enrollment and financial-aid audiences. Manages strategic initiatives, project planning, outreach, reporting, and cross-functional coordination with communications, marketing, legal, finance, research, and program teams. Uses audience insights and performance data to improve content effectiveness, adoption, and institutional engagement.

The Lead Engineer will design and manage scalable web applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement high-quality software for BigFuture. Responsibilities include architecture definition, mentoring, and leading Agile ceremonies while exploring technologies like AI.

Lead integrated public affairs communications strategy across policy, research, and stakeholder initiatives. Serve as EaRs primary embedded partner for divisional leaders, develop campaign plans, align messaging and media, orchestrate studio resources, integrate intelligence and foresight, and drive execution, measurement, and reporting to deliver measurable policy and research outcomes.

Serve as chief of staff and strategic partner to the SVP of Learning & Assessment; drive cross-functional initiatives, manage operating cadence, track commitments, prepare executive materials, lead special projects, and represent the division to senior leaders. Ensure alignment, accountability, and execution across psychometrics, assessment design, research, finance, and talent functions.

Lead employer partnership strategy for AP Career Kickstart by sourcing and managing employer partners, growing pipelines, co-creating work-based learning and course inputs, advising internal teams, and translating employer insights into program recommendations. Manage stakeholder relationships, track activity in Salesforce and Asana, and travel ~12-15 times yearly to support retention and expansion of employer engagement.

Lead technical design and implementation of client-side security protections for Bluebook across Windows, macOS, iPad, and ChromeOS. Provide hands-on coding (native and web), guide architecture and testing, mentor teammates, run mob programming, resolve complex production issues, and drive engineering standards, AI-augmented practices, and cross-team collaboration to build resilient, production-grade security solutions.

Supports digital assessment pilots, research studies, and technical readiness activities. Responsibilities include environment validation, configuration checks, smoke testing, device validation, defect and risk tracking, documentation, troubleshooting during live administration, and quality assurance. The role coordinates with product, technology, assessment delivery, and program management teams while executing defined project plans under senior guidance.

Design, build, and maintain scalable serverless and container-based web applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS. Implement infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, optimize performance, create automated tests with Playwright, follow CI/CD and DevOps practices, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate in Agile teams to deliver high-quality internal content-creation tools.