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Senior Software Engineer

Pearson
USA
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago

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What you will do

  • Design and deliver complex, distributed full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Angular and REST APIs.
  • Build and operate highly available, scalable enterprise applications.
  • Contribute to technical design, estimation, roadmap planning and platform modernisation.
  • Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, reliability concerns and operational risk.
  • Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for critical production issues.
  • Partner with Quality Engineering to strengthen testing, automation and quality by design.
  • Support release planning, deployment, observability, security and operational readiness.
  • Mentor engineers, review technical work and champion effective engineering practices.
  • For the squad-lead pathway, coordinate day-to-day squad delivery, remove blockers and take responsibility for team outcomes.
  • What we are looking for
  • At least five years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong hands-on full-stack capability across Java, Spring Boot, Angular and REST APIs.
  • Experience designing and delivering complex, distributed enterprise systems.
  • Strong software design, system architecture, troubleshooting and engineering-quality skills.
  • Clear communication and the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs to different audiences.
  • A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  • For the squad-lead pathway, demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring and ownership of team delivery. This may come from formal or informal leadership experience.
  • Experience that would be useful
  • Experience with Azure, Kubernetes, cloud-native delivery, DevOps and CI/CD would be valuable. Exposure to applications using audio and video, accessibility and WCAG, observability, application security, performance engineering, LLMs or AI-assisted development tools would also be useful. These are differentiators rather than universal requirements.
  • Location & Working Pattern
  • United States. Remote within the United States. Any state restrictions or travel expectations will be shared during the recruitment process.

Qualifications

  • Experience with Azure, Kubernetes, cloud-native delivery, DevOps and CI/CD would be valuable. Exposure to applications using audio and video, accessibility and WCAG, observability, application security, performance engineering, LLMs or AI-assisted development tools would also be useful. These are differentiators rather than universal requirements.

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