Software engineer

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: US (Remote)

Summary

The Senior Software Developer is responsible for analysis, design, implementation, and unit testing to produce high-quality code for a project team responsible for supporting a number of cutting-edge technology platforms. They will use industry best practices while working in a team of high-performing professionals. They are also responsible for maintaining and supporting mission-critical applications as necessary.

This requisition is part of the Pearson/LMS team, which develops innovative integration technology platforms. One of the team’s primary responsibilities is integrating 3rd party LMSs with Pearson's learning tools. We are now in the midst of building our next generation integration platform, which is a multi-year project with enormous strategic value, leveraging state of the art technologies and processes. We are looking for outstanding candidates to bolster the staff of this critical project.

Team

The Pearson/LMS development team is comprised of a small group of inspired developers that thrive on developing cutting edge applications, with a passion for innovation and pride in producing excellent user experiences. Our work environment is collaborative, casual, flexible, agile and results driven. Since the business provides a mission-critical service to a demanding set of clients, high-quality performance is required to meet customer expectations.

The Senior Software Engineer Will

• Provide engineering leadership to the engineers in the team.
• 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.
  
  

Education And Experience

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
• 5+ years relevant software development experience creating 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 GitLab or similar VCS tools
  
  

Current Tech Stack

• AWS hosted applications.
• Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, MongoDB
  
  

Desired Experience

• 5+ years’ experience working in an agile, iterative development environment.
• Experience collecting and analyzing customer requirements to produce elegant and maintainable software solutions.
• Experience leading software automation workflows to remove human dependencies and improve reliability in critical business processes.
• Experience with functional UX design for a professional userbase
• Ability to balance immediate feature needs with broader architectural goals and coding best practices.
• Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, tools, and external services.
• Quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications
• 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.
  
  

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

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through September 13, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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 [email protected].

Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Higher Education

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 20691

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