Location: Sri Lanka

Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Architect to lead the architectural design and development of the Bronte application, a critical component of our Learning Platform. This role requires a visionary leader who can drive innovation, ensure scalability, performance, and security, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design and development for the Bronte application.

• Collaborate with product and technology teams to innovate and evolve the Learning Platform.

• Drive design and implementation decisions using principles and best practices, creating best practices and patterns.

• Work collaboratively with other technology teams, leveraging solutions where appropriate.

• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to make sound technical decisions and build effective engineering practices.

• Build proof-of-concepts (POCs) and turn them into production-ready code.

• Participate in architecture, code, security, and operational reviews.

• Drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

• Identify and introduce new technologies and patterns that elevate the platform.

• Be the go-to expert for technical solutions for various development teams.

Education/Certifications:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Experience/Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years in the software industry.

• Significant experience in building services-based consumer platforms at high-scale, high-availability, performance, and resilience, preferably using Spring Boot and Domain Driven Design principles.

• Expertise in Java and JVM internals to improve performance and achieve optimal runtime performance.

• Experience building modern frontend applications using micro-frontend technology with ReactJS and Material UI.

• Prior experience selecting purpose-driven database technologies, driven by use-cases and hands-on operational expertise. Experience with Cassandra is highly desired.

• Experience building platforms for both consumer and/or the education industry.

• Proven experience architecting for the cloud with consideration for security and cost-effectiveness, preferably hands-on with AWS.

• Experience defining Service Level Objectives (SLO) and measuring outcomes using appropriate monitoring tools.

• Ability to navigate through different layers of the architecture to troubleshoot and find the root cause of issues.

• Experience in reducing and eliminating tech-debt, moving from a monolithic technology stack to a cloud-based service-oriented architecture.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality SaaS products that serve millions of people.

• Proficient in designing modular architectures with good separation of concerns and data-modeling principles.

• Proficient in designing solutions that generate and leverage data to personalize the platform.

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.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. 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 actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Higher Education

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 18841

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