Lead Specialist, Solution Architect

Job Description:

• Own solution architecture from discovery and design through implementation and production adoption
• Translate business needs, constraints and technical requirements into secure, scalable and maintainable designs
• Set technical direction across squads and maintain consistency across the wider OnVUE solution footprint
• Guide engineering teams through implementation while preserving architectural intent
• Evaluate trade-offs across scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, integration risk and business value
• Resolve complex architecture, integration and build issues, escalating decisions outside the assigned scope
• Establish repeatable technical patterns and ensure conformance with architecture standards
• Mentor engineers and architects and communicate recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Shape the architecture behind Pearson’s OnVUE online proctored testing platform
• Guide multiple engineering teams as they modernise secure, scalable and reliable assessment delivery

Requirements:

• Progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture or a related technical discipline
• Strong Java enterprise architecture experience, including Spring and Spring Boot
• Working architecture experience across front-end and back-end technologies, including Angular
• Cloud-platform experience, preferably Azure; strong AWS experience is also relevant
• Kubernetes, containers, orchestration and cloud-native delivery experience
• Experience designing and scaling reliable, distributed applications and maintaining operational health
• Strong third-party integration, API and service-integration experience
• Evidence of leading technical decisions across multiple teams without relying on formal authority
• Strong communication, facilitation, documentation and mentoring skills
• Experience with LLMs, machine learning, video/audio/image processing or desktop products is helpful but not essential

Benefits:

• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
• Benefits offered by Pearson (specific benefits linked in the posting)