Senior Software Developer

Pearson Senior Software Developer - Saint Paul, Minnesota

We are the world’s learning company with more than 21,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes, so do people.

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 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.

This requisition is part of the Pearson/MZD team, which develops innovative assessment technology platforms. One of the team’s primary responsibilities is supporting a number of technology platforms that deliver exams to test takers, score and report results. We are now in the midst of building our next generation assessment 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/MZD 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.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide engineering leadership on a dynamic assessment reporting system.
2. Implement designs following Pearson coding standards and industry best practices.
3. 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.
4. Participate in and lead requirements, design, and code reviews.
5. 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.
6. Participate in group improvement activities and initiatives to improve process and product quality in pursuit of excellence.
7. Mentor and train new team members.
8. Perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation: 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, Maryland, New York State, New York City, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows: The minimum full-time salary range is between $80,000 - $100,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Education and Experience:

Required:

1. 5+ years relevant software development experience creating SaaS applications.
2. Experience with development, maintenance, and testing of software following industry best practices.
3. Experience with highly available, highly concurrent web-based applications.
4. Experience with GIT or similar VCS tools.
5. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline (Desirable).
6. AWS hosted applications.

Desired Experience:

1. Previous experience working in an agile environment.
2. Experience leading software automation workflows to remove human dependencies in critical business processes.
3. Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools.
4. Quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains, and technical applications.
5. Able to think technically and analytically.
6. Ability to understand the philosophy of architecture.
7. Must assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience and provide solution alternatives and recommendations.
8. Must have strong time management skills - including the ability to work well under pressure, plan, set priorities, adapt to change, and meet established timelines.
9. Must be a self-starter and detail-oriented.

Experience with some or all of the following is considered a bonus:

1. OneRoster.
2. Common K-12 reporting frameworks such as (Ed-fi and Caliper).

Equal Opportunity Employer: Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.