Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer

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Pearson is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer. This full stack senior role involves driving the technical direction of high-impact projects by designing and optimizing complex software solutions for Pearson's core platforms. The engineer mentors team members, promotes best practices and emerging technologies including AI, and collaborates with product and QA teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and customer-focused systems in an individual contributor capacity.

Highlights

Design and build robust software solutions using best practices like SOLID, Clean Code, DDD, BDD.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to colleagues in architecture and design decisions.
Lead code reviews and drive improvements in code quality and delivery metrics.
Adopt and promote AI tools and automation to enhance team efficiency.
Collaborate closely with product and QA teams to balance technical debt and customer needs.
Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and collaboration artifacts (e.g., JIRA tickets).
Strong expertise in Java, React, Kotlin, Spring/Spring Boot, Git, Maven, Gradle, and observability tools like New Relic.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), DevOps practices, and CI/CD using GitHub.
Minimum 6 years of relevant software development experience with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
Role is fully remote, based in Spain, within Pearson's English Language Learning organization.

Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer Full Description

Job Title: Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer

Career Architecture Role: Software Engineer

Career Architecture Tier: IC25 (Advanced Specialist)

Description: This is a Full Stack Senior role with Java as main coding language.

Location: ONLY SPAIN (Remote)

Job Summary:

Advanced Specialist, Software Engineeryou drive the technical direction of high-impact projects, designing and optimizing complex software solutions that power Pearson's core platforms. You act as a subject-matter mentor, championing best practices, code quality, and the adoption of emerging technologies (including AI) to deliver resilient, scalable, and customer-focused systems. This is a purely individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and build robust solutions across new and existing software domains, applying best practices (SOLID, Clean Code, DDD, BDD) to ensure maintainability and scalability.
Guide and coach team colleagues in technical matters, providing authoritative input during architecture and design decisions.
Lead code reviews, promote knowledge sharing, and drive improvements in code quality, technical debt, and delivery metrics.
Proactively adopt and promote AI tools and automation to improve team efficiency and problem-solving.
Collaborate with product and QA teams to understand customer needs, balancing trade-offs and technical debt to deliver optimal solutions.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying them to enhance the product landscape.
Ensure comprehensive documentation and up-to-date collaboration artifacts (e.g., JIRA tickets, technical docs).

Required Skills and Competencies:

Deep expertise in the software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and AI tools for development, testing, and observability.
Strong knowledge of Java, React, Kotlin, and object-oriented design principles.
Proven experience with Java frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot), version control (Git), build tools (Maven, Gradle), and observability tools (e.g., New Relic).
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices architecture, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD (especially GitHub), and database technologies (e.g., MongoDB).
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications (Education & Experience):

6+ years of relevant professional experience in software development, with a track record of increasing technical responsibility and accomplishments.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

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.

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Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

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