Senior Software Developer

Job Description

Description

We are the world's learning company with more than 21,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

The Senior Software Engineer in this position will be responsible for the analysis, design, implementation, and unit testing of high-quality code for a cutting edge data management and authentication platform that enables classroom, district and state assessment programs.

The Senior Software Engineer will:

• Provide engineering leadership on a dynamic assessment reporting system
• Implement & Perform - Implement designs following Pearson coding standards and industry best practices
• Analyze & Design - Ensure business and requirements artifacts are created that effectively model the customer's requirements. Use tooling and best practices to create design models from requirements
• Review - Participate in and lead requirements, design and code reviews
• Test & Deployment - Work closely with other teams (e.g., QA, configuration management, end users) to release high quality software. Create testable requirements and write and execute unit tests
• Quality/process improvement - Participate in group improvement activities and initiatives to improve process and product quality in pursuit of excellence
• People development - Mentor and train new team members
• Performs other duties as assigned

The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $120k. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. Benefits available to eligible employees can be seen at: https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
• 5+ years relevant software development experience creating and growing SaaS applications
• Experience with development, maintenance, and testing of software following industry best practices
• Experience with highly-available, highly concurrent web-based applications
• Experience with GIT or similar VCS tools

Current Tech Stack:

• AWS hosted applications
• Go, Javascript/Typesript, VueJS, Python, Postgres, MongoDB

Desired Experience:

• 5+ years experience working in an agile environment
• Experience leading software automation workflows to remove human dependencies in critical business processes
• Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools
• Quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications
• Able to think technically and analytically
• Ability to understand the philosophy of architecture
• Must assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience and provide solution alternatives and recommendations
• Must have strong time management skills - including the ability to work well under pressure, plan, set priorities, adapt to change, and meet established timelines
• Must be a self-starter and detail-oriented
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work within a team

Experience with some or all of the following is considered a bonus:

• IMS Global OneRoster standard specification
• Common K-12 reporting frameworks such as Ed-fi and Caliper

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.