Remote Engineering Manager - Lead React/TypeScript & AWS

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

College Board seeks an Engineering Manager for the Accommodations Management ecosystem to lead a cross-functional team while staying close to code in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and AWS services. You will drive architecture, delivery, and team growth across platform capabilities in a remote setting.

You will mentor 5-8 engineers, own technical direction, and collaborate with product, security, and architecture teams to ensure scalable, secure solutions with modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years managing engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on development experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks (React preferred).
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Proven ability to contribute to system design and architecture while actively coding.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience implementing modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security).
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex, cross-functional delivery initiatives.
• A thoughtful and proactive leadership style that supports continuous improvement and team engagement.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team (30%).
• Manage and mentor a team of 5-8 engineers, fostering ownership and accountability.
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development support.
• Drive team health, engagement, and performance management processes.
• Drive hands-on technical leadership and delivery (50%).
• Contribute directly to system design and hands-on development using TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and AWS services.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities—from design through deployment and production support.
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, resilient, and observable.
• Establish and enforce modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards.
• Partner with architects and enterprise teams to align on technical direction.
• Support adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/ML-enabled capabilities, where appropriate.
• Enable cross-team alignment and stakeholder engagement (20%).
• Partner with Product Owners to translate business needs into clear technical plans and execution strategies.
• Manage dependencies across teams and systems within the broader platform ecosystem.
• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to roadmap planning and prioritization decisions.

Skills

Leadership/people management

Hands-on coding

Communication

Tools

AWS Dynamo

AWS Lambda

AWS S3

AWS Redshift/Quick suite

AWS SNS/SQS/EventBridge/Kinesis

JavaScript (ES6) / TypeScript

Node.js

React

Agentic AI

Job description

College Board seeks an Engineering Manager for the Accommodations Management ecosystem to lead a cross-functional team while staying close to code in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and AWS services. You will drive architecture, delivery, and team growth across platform capabilities in a remote setting.

You will mentor 5-8 engineers, own technical direction, and collaborate with product, security, and architecture teams to ensure scalable, secure solutions with modern engineering practices.