We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Full Stack Software Engineer for Pearson’s Q-global product. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing new features for Q-global and migrating the current platform to it's new version. This is a multi-year project with enormous strategic value and high revenue growth. 

You will work with a distributed development team spread across the US, Europe and Asia. 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

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. 

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

Required Experience:

Experience as a full stack engineer with Java, Spring Framework, Angular Framework, Javascript/Typescript, HTML, CSS ,  Postgres, MongoDB Experience with Cloud AWS-hosted applications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline Software development experience creating SaaS applications Experience with the 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 with CI/CD tools like Jenkins Experience working in an agile environment

Education :

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent. 5 to 10 years of relevant project experience.

Desirable Experience:

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 Data Science using Python highly preferred Experience building AI solutions using AWS Bedrock highly preferred

This is a hybrid role requiring the candidate to be onsite at Pearson's San Antonio office three days a week