Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Seattle, WA

Leads the Create Core platform engineering team, overseeing roadmap delivery, architecture, developer experience, accessibility, platform adoption, and technical quality. Manages 4–8 engineers, partners with Product and application teams, guides system design and code reviews, and develops a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and performance management. The role requires experience with cloud-first web platforms, AWS architecture, modern JavaScript technologies, Agile development, and cross-functional technical leadership.

Leads architecture and hands-on development of a cloud-native AWS platform using React, TypeScript, and backend APIs. Establishes platform-wide engineering standards, designs integrations across domain services, drives scalability, security, observability, automated testing, and performance, and mentors engineers across multiple teams. The role also leads technical strategy, cross-team planning, code and design reviews, reliability initiatives, and communication with senior stakeholders.

Build and operate cloud security solutions across AWS environments, including preventive and detective guardrails, vulnerability-management automation, security posture visibility, and CSPM integrations. Develop secure-by-default infrastructure patterns, automate remediation and response workflows, improve detection and triage, and measure enterprise risk reduction. Collaborate with cloud engineering, product security, and cyber operations while contributing to architecture reviews, documentation, coding standards, and platform resilience.

Supports PowerFAIDS product leads through system and process documentation, user story and backlog preparation, acceptance criteria development, user acceptance testing, defect tracking, and cross-functional collaboration. The role documents workflows, business rules, data flows, and configurations; synthesizes customer feedback; supports sprint planning; and serves as backup for product leaders. It requires financial aid administration expertise, Title IV regulatory knowledge, PowerFAIDS experience, and strong documentation and communication skills.

Own the architecture, technical direction, reliability, and evolution of a shared cloud data platform. Lead hands-on development of streaming and batch pipelines using infrastructure-as-code, build governed analytical data products, and establish data contracts, quality, security, lineage, and observability standards. Serve as the final technical escalation point, mentor engineers, lead design and code reviews, promote responsible AI-assisted coding, respond to incidents, and communicate technical tradeoffs across stakeholders.

Develop and execute consultative sales strategies for College Board financial aid software, managing opportunities from prospecting through close. Build relationships with higher education leaders, conduct tailored demonstrations, expand existing accounts, maintain Salesforce pipelines and forecasts, support renewals, identify cancellation risks, and use customer and market intelligence to inform sales and retention strategies.

Leads strategy, optimization, and delivery of finance systems, primarily Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, and Strategic Sourcing. Owns system roadmaps, prioritizes enhancements, manages implementations, coordinates stakeholders and consultants, supports releases, and maintains data integrity. Develops dashboards, reporting solutions, documentation, and user resources while exploring AI-enabled automation. Partners cross-functionally with Finance, Technology, Procurement, Accounting, Investments, and Talent to improve processes, system adoption, reporting, and decision-making.

Leads strategic finance for a portfolio of programs, managing budgeting, quarterly forecasting, variance reviews, expense projections, financial models, ROI and cost analyses, and executive reporting. Partners with program leaders and cross-functional teams to identify risks, opportunities, and resource needs. Translates complex financial analysis into actionable recommendations and serves as the finance expert for assigned programs.

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.

Lead analytics and BI for Digital Product Operations: define product and adoption metrics, build dashboards, ensure data governance and quality, measure ProdOps effectiveness, coach PM/POs, diagnose adoption gaps, and drive interventions that improve product planning and delivery.