Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer

Job Title: Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer

Career Architecture Role: Software Engineer

Career Architecture Tier: IC25 (Advanced Specialist)

Job Summary

As an Advanced Specialist Software Engineer, you drive the technical direction of high-impact projects, designing and optimizing complex software solutions that power Pearson’s core platforms. You act as a subject‑matter mentor, championing best practices, code quality, and the adoption of emerging technologies (including AI) to deliver resilient, scalable, and customer‑focused systems. This is a purely individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build robust solutions across new and existing software domains, applying best practices (SOLID, Clean Code, DDD, BDD) to ensure maintainability and scalability.
• Guide and coach team colleagues in technical matters, providing authoritative input during...