Specialist, Software Engineer

“The 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. The role aligns to industry-level titles such as Full stack Engineer, Full stack Developer"

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 School Assessment Authoring and Delivery 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 Full Stack Software Engineer will:

• 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 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
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
• 3+ 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 GIT or similar VCS tools
• Desire to adopt and master AI tools as part of the SDLC

Current Tech Stack: 

• Go, Javascript/Typesript, VueJS, Python, Postgres
• AWS, Git, Docker, Python, Web Components

Desired Experience:

•  3+ years’ experience working in an agile environment

•  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 suchas (Ed-fi and Caliper)

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location.

The full-time salary range is between $100,000 - $130,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through 18th January 2026. T