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Pearson VUE

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1994

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

☁️ SaaS

Education • eCommerce • SaaS

Pearson VUE is a global leader in computer-based testing, providing a wide range of credentialing and certification exams for various industries. They support test-takers and test owners by offering resources, scheduling options, and accommodations to ensure equitable access to testing. Their mission is to empower candidates and enrich communities through the delivery of high-stakes exams that validate professional skills and knowledge, contributing to career advancement and industry standards.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and architecture of high-complexity digital solutions in line with strategical product vision. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, specifications, and solutions that align with business goals. • Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve our backend and/or full stack solutions. • Develop high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards. • Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor engineers to foster a culture of continuous improvement. • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize application performance, and ensure a smooth user experience. • Improve our processes and tooling to enable us to deliver with confidence – test automation, CI / CD, observability, AI, etc. • Lead and participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including planning, designing, developing, testing, and deploying backend and/or full stack solutions. This is a hands-on role. • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate delivery of features and improvements. • Proactively manage technical debt and ensure the long-term sustainability of the codebase. • Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, promoting open communication and knowledge sharing. • Effectively communicate technical concepts, trade-offs, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🎯 Requirements

• Proficiency with back-end programming languages and related frameworks. We use a PHP stack currently, and in the long term we want to migrate to a JVM stack, potentially Kotlin. • Mastery of AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor are very well received to keep pushing our AI adoption. • Front-end skills and experience with any modern framework like React JS. • Considerable experience in building and maintaining digital products (e.g. websites, supporting mobile apps, AR/VR solutions, etc.). • Strong understanding of the whole development lifecycle including code reviews, pipelines, software delivery, etc. • Master security principles. • Strong understanding of software quality assurance principles and execution. • A problem-solving mindset with great attention to detail. • Product development expertise: experience of working with agile methodologies; able to lead and motivate cross functional mission teams. • Strong customer empathy and ability to translate customer insights into winning digital products. • Passion for education and learning. • Innovator mindset who investigates and validates new market and product opportunities based on emerging trend. • Proficiency in English, both spoken and written. • Experience working with distributed teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work on impactful projects that reach millions of users worldwide. • Collaborative and inclusive company culture that values diversity and innovation. • Competitive salary and benefits package. • Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options.