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. This window may be extended depending on business needs.