Advanced Specialist, Software Engineer

Job description

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 architecture and design decisions. - Lead code reviews, promote knowledge sharing, and drive improvements in code quality, technical debt, and delivery metrics. - Proactively adopt and promote AI tools and automation to improve team efficiency and problem-solving. - Collaborate with product...