Job Description

Role: Senior Java Software Developer / Technical Lead (full or part time: at least 60% FTE)

Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery

Location: Chennai or Bangalore, India.

About Pearson: At Pearson we \'add life to a lifetime of learning\' so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. Our Purpose | Add Life to a Lifetime of Learning. Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Our 20,000+ employees are dedicated to creating the high-quality, digital-first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong learning.

About UK Assessment & Qualifications: We are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres. Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification, in a highly regulated business. We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable, and resilient services.

About the job

The position is for a Senior Software Developer to lead work on mainly greenfield development projects to build new serverless microservice based cloud applications in AWS. Currently we are in the middle of a large programme to migrate from monoliths with large areas of overlapping functionality to a capability-based model, which can scale and adapt to an ever faster changing educational landscape.

About you

We\'d expect that you\'ll have significant relevant experience as a full-stack developer, or technical lead or similar role, developing solutions that provide real benefit to users, and working in an Agile project delivery environment using Scrum or Kanban.

Key Skills & Experience

Applying development methodologies like TDD, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code

Building backend services and Web APIs

Building web single page applications using frameworks like React, Angular or Vue

Strong skills in Java using Spring Boot

Applying best practices for chosen development platform

Persisting data using relational (SQL) and/or document databases

Understand modern application architectures and how they can be applied, like Microservice / Service Oriented Architectures

Experience in cloud native application development and cloud architecture/infrastructure

Providing overall software architecture guidance in terms of best practice when it comes to development.

Mentoring more junior members of the team in overall software development

Working with product owners and business analysts to refine and estimate requirements

Working with the project managers, product owners and operation teams to ensure applications are successfully delivered to production.

Ability to provide a leadership to the software development team to follow the best practices and deliver releases on time with maintaining the highest quality.

Providing production support to application

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable Technology Skills & Experience

Docker and containers

Designing, developing, and deploying cloud applications

React

Typescript

GraphQL

Jenkins

Terraform

NodeJS

Python

AWS Services

Job Location and Hours

The role is aligned to our Bangalore or Chennai offices in India, working a 45 hour week. All our roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to visit their base office no more than once a week, and with the possibility of occasional business travel to other Pearson sites. Candidates must be a suitable commute from their base office as our office presence policy may change to require more frequent presence in 2024.

For this role there is a requirement to provide occasional out of hours support during business critical periods.

Your benefits and rewards

Here at Pearson we offer a range of benefits, which include:

25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days); annual leave trading, +/- 5 days

Annual Bonus

Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age

Life, private medical and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests

Stock/share purchase options

Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working policies

An employee wellbeing assistance programme

Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts

What to expect from Pearson

Did you know Pearson is one of the 10 most innovative education companies of 2022?

At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are on a journey to be 100 percent digital to meet the changing needs of the global population by developing a new strategy with ambitious targets. To deliver on our strategic vision, we have five business divisions that are the foundation for the long-term growth of the company: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills and Higher Education. Alongside these, we have our corporate divisions: Digital & Technology, Finance, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications, Human Resources, Legal, Strategy and Direct to Consumer. Learn more at We are Pearson.

We value the power of an inclusive culture and also a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced, opportunities are accessible, consideration and respect are the norm and all individuals are supported in reaching their full potential. Through our talent, we believe that diversity, equity and inclusion make us a more innovative and vibrant place to work. People are at the center, and we are committed to building a workplace where talent can learn, grow and thrive.

Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We want a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. All 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 strive for a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities.

To learn more about Pearson\'s commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, navigate to: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Pearson.

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Req ID: 14836

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