Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Access Domain)

Job Summary:  Work closely with teammates and across teams to design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications in the Access Domain.  The Access Domain is responsible for managing all aspects of access to Pearson’s global learning resources.  Senior Software Engineer is a team leader on an agile team interacting with all roles in on agile team and other development teams.

Key Responsibilities:

* Partner with team members to analyze business needs and co-design efficient, modern architectures using Java/J2EE, Object Relational Modelling (ORM), Unified Modelling Language (UML), software design patterns (Service Locator, Factory, Builder, Dependency Injection, and Singleton patterns etc.,), Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Cloud-Native/Microservices Architecture.

* Collaborate to develop, test, document, and deploy applications, web services, and APIs using Java, Spring, Hibernate, GraphQL, gRPC, and related technologies.

* Work as a team to ensure code quality through Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD), unit/integration testing, and industry standards (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, RestAssured).

* Explore and share new frameworks and cloud technologies (AWS Lambda, Docker, Kubernetes) with the team.

* Team up to reengineer legacy systems into cloud-based microservices using Java, Apache Kafka, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure.

* Co-manage CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and code quality monitoring (Maven, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, Sonar).

* Collaborate to implement security standards (PCI-DSS, OWASP Top 10) and authentication/authorization (OAuth2/JWT, Spring Security).

* Support and enhance applications together, monitor system health, and share production support (HPSM, Splunk, ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus).

* Present technical demos, participate in all SDLC phases, and work with clients and teams to meet delivery targets and resolve issues.

* Guide and support the scrum team, facilitating agile ceremonies and helping everyone achieve our goals.

* Mentor and uplift junior engineers, sharing knowledge and encouraging growth.

* Champion agile best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and open collaboration.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* Software Design (Expert)

* API Management (Expert)

* Information Security (Expert)

* Cloud Computing (Effective)

* DevOps (Effective)

* Ethical Responsibility (Effective)

* Technical Acumen (Effective)

* Problem Solving (Effective)

* AI agents like Claude (Effective)

* Collaboration (Intermediate)

* Adaptability (Intermediate)