Senior Full-Stack Developer

Pearson

2d•$110,000 - $150,000

About The Position

This requisition is part of Pearson’s K-12 School Technology group that develops innovative assessment technology platforms to deliver exams to test takers, and score and report results. We are building our next generation of assessment platforms and experiences, leveraging state of the art technologies and processes. We are looking for outstanding candidates to bolster the staff of this critical work. Multiple Full-Stack Software Engineers will be recruited through this requisition. These positions are Developer-focused, and require demonstrable proficiency with current technologies including Go, Javascript/Typescript, VueJS, Python, Postgres, and MongoDB. Applicants should specifically reference their experience and interest in the following skill sets: Web-based Application Development and Quality Assurance Web-based Application Performance and Security Web Services Integration AI Tools Development and Integration Cloud Hosted Applications (AWS) Senior Full-Stack Developers who join this team will have a problem-solving mindset and thrive in a fast-paced innovation environment, working closely to the code in the start-up phases of developing cutting edge applications. This team is collaborative, 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 Full Stack Engineer will: Be 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 assessment 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.

Requirements

Experience as a fullstack engineer with Go, Javascript/Typescript, VueJS, Python, Postgres, MongoDB
Experience with Cloud AWS hosted applications
Bachelor degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
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 GIT or similar VCS tools
Experience working in an agile environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working with a range of AI tools and LLMs
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, distil 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 LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) IMS QTI (Question & Test Interoperability) IMS OneRoster Common K-12 reporting frameworks such as (Ed-fi and Caliper)

Responsibilities

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
Implement & Perform - Implement designs following Pearson coding standards and industry best practices
Review - Participate in 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