Senior Software Developer - Client Publishing (remote)

Summary

As a Senior Software Developer on the Client Publishing product, you will be a major individual contributor for a relatively new product offering from Pearson VUE. We are creating a brand new team consisting of an offshore software team plus a few engineers employed by Pearson (including this role) that will provide leadership. Your primary responsibility is to develop new features and make technical improvements. Alongside the team lead, you will provide technical supervision of the other engineers' work. We strongly prefer Angular experience because it is an important technology for this product.

The Product:

Our Client Publishing product is a web-based tool that enables the test publishers at Pearson VUE to do their work efficiently and correctly as they collaborate with clients to produce their exams. It represents a big productivity gain for the test publishers to automate their usual work in a consistent way. This product has recently achieved a "minimum viable product" state and there is demand for many new features and enhancements to the product. This role will be key to taking this product into the future.

Client Publishing's primary tech stack is Java (currently version 11) with Spring Boot, Angular (currently version 13), MariaDB, and we strive to use modern versions of our software. Client Publishing runs in Microsoft Azure using cloud CDN and containerized backend services orchestrated by Kubernetes.

Work Location:

In this role it is possible to work remotely anywhere in the US, Canada, or the UK, but the position requires you to work during core US Central Time Zone business hours.

Duties

• Develop new features and other technical implementation work
• Make technical recommendations
• Create software designs
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Fix defects and perform troubleshooting
• Create and maintain deployment workflows

Required Education and Experience:

• 3+ years work experience as a software developer
• 2+ years experience with Angular or similar front-end software frameworks (like React, Svelte, etc)
• 2+ years experience with Java or similar back-end languages
• Familiarity with Agile software development practices

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Relational databases
• DevOps workflows related to cloud-based development and deployment
• Demonstrated technical leadership with an eye toward quality
• Software design skills

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 Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State, and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $110,000 - $125,000.

This position is not bonus eligible, and information on benefits offered is here.

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What to expect from Pearson

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Req ID: 12247

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