Senior Software Engineer

Pearson • Honolulu, HI • 2d ago

The Role

This Senior Software Engineer leads and works as an individual contributor in a software development team in the implementation and design of software solutions for complex and difficult business and engineering problems.?The position demands someone who can communicate effectively with team members, analyze problems, and create solutions that meet functional as well as non-functional needs such as scalability, reliability, and extensibility. You will engage with an offshore team and ensure delivery of all development related team tasks in a coordinated fashion.

What You'll Own

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Working with product and technology teams to innovate and evolve Pearson's learning platform.

Creating solutions by partnering with architects and peer team leads responsible for other domains to understand how best to leverage existing capabilities and APIs.??

Leading cross-functional teams in the?design and?implementation of new software as well as maintains and enhances existing software?

Self-driven individual who enjoys understands the importance and pride of maintaining a world class 24/7 production environment.

Be curious, always learning, stay on top and help adoption of new frameworks and technology capabilities where it makes sense.

Drive design and implementation decisions using principles and best practices. Make decisions that move the architecture forward; create best practices and patterns.

Required Experience/Skills

Requires a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a directly related field. Master's degree accepted. Plus five (5) years of experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer or a closely related field.

Experience must include:

5 years of experience as a full-stack developer, at all tiers from the front-end UI to the backend data store.

5 years of experience with a backend Scripting?Programming Language

5 years of experience writing technical documentation for workflows/processes/best practices.

5 years of experience with building Proof of Concepts (POCs) and turn POCs into production ready code.

5 years of experience working with a Agile/Scrum environment.

5 years of experience in the following areas:

Java

Spring Boot

Serverless Architecture

Microservice Architecture

Unit Testing / Test Coverage

Continuous Integration/Build Automation

Agile development

This is a hybrid work setup, where the candidate will be required to work three days onsite at our Hoboken office.

Applications will be accepted through May 2. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The full-time salary range for this role is between $132,000 - $152,000

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Higher Education

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 23914

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