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Original Job Post

Pearson · 3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

Indianapolis, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$115K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide engineering leadership on a dynamic assessment reporting system

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 and lead 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

People development – Mentor and train new team members

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

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Software DevelopmentSaaS ApplicationsIndustry Best PracticesHighly Available ApplicationsHighly Concurrent ApplicationsGITVCS ToolsAgile environmentSoftware automationDevelopment languagesTechnical applicationsQTIOneRosterEd-fiCaliperMachine Learning / AIProblem-solvingQuick learnerAnalytical thinkingTime managementAdaptabilitySelf-starterDetail-orientedCommunicationTeamwork

Required

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline

5+ 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

Preferred

5+ years experience working in an agile environment

Experience leading software automation workflows to remove human dependencies in critical business processes

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, distill 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

QTI (Question & Test Interoperability)

OneRoster

Common K-12 reporting frameworks such as (Ed-fi and Caliper)

Good to have Machine Learning / AI experience