Technical Specialist

Job description

**Synopsis:** Provides technical leadership to architect, design and develop internet scale applications and support throughout their lifecycle.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Developing and maintaining top-notch software applications built on private & public cloud.
+ Architecting & Designing applications by adapting proven industry best practices alongside the R&D objectives.
+ Leading a team of engineers by providing technical guidance and product roadmap assurance.
+ Raising the bar on application & infrastructure code quality.
+ Strengthening the application and platform Security by adopting security best practices.
+ Ensuring the Compatibility and Accessibility conformity along with various Non-Functional Requirements throughout the application lifecycle.
+ Automating functional & other quality tests at different layers of the application to uncover issues as early as possible.
+ Improving application's ability to continuously integrate & deploy to facilitate frequent and smaller releases with no customer impact.
+ Baking Observability into the applications, actively monitoring and resolving issues promptly.
+ Monitoring various performance indicators of the applications and making continuous improvements and optimizations.
**Requirements:**
+ A bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computing or a related field.
+ Minimum of 6 years of experience in Software Engineering with at least 2 years of experience in leading engineering teams.
+ An up-to-date knowledge on industry trends & new developments in programming, application development and lifecycle management.
+ A passion for solving problems with innovative & practical solutions.
+ Strong analytical and reasoning skills with the ability to visualize the outcomes.
+ Thorough knowledge on algorithms & data structures.
+ Proficiency in at least two high level programming languages such as Java, C#, Python and the ability to quickly adopt languages & techniques.
+ Working knowledge on Java, Spring/SpringBoot, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, AWS, Microservices will be an added advantage.
+ Ability to craft quality code and automate various types of tests on application components.
+ Proficiency in monitoring applications, troubleshooting and fixing application issues.
+ Thorough knowledge on the Non-Functional requirements of applications such as Security, Accessibility, Compatibility, Observability & Availability.
+ Working knowledge on continuous integration and deployment.
**Who we are:**
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning.

We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough.

We are the world's lifelong learning company.

For us, learning isn't just what we do.

It's who we are.

To learn more: We are Pearson.
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**Job:** TECHNOLOGY
**Organization:** Higher Education
**Schedule:** FULL_TIME
**Workplace Type:** Hybrid
**Req ID:** 18146

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