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Software Developer
Pearson
Boston, MA, United States
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Description
Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in computer-based testingfor information technology, academic, government and professional testingprograms around the world. Pearson VUE provides a full suite of services fromtest development to data management, and delivers exams through the world’smost comprehensive and secure network of test centers in more than 180countries, where we validate the skills and knowledge of millions ofindividuals every year.
Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson,the world's leading learning company with global-reach and market-leadingbusinesses. Pearson is listed on both the London and New York stock exchanges(UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO).
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Position Summary
The online proctoring division is a small team of highly motivated developers and is looking for a passionate, curious and eager to learn developer to join our ranks. One of the first tasks on the job will be to help design, architect and start development on our next generation desktop application. This task will require a lot of collaboration across the team. We’re looking for someone who is a strong communicator and is willing to providing technical opinions about what technologies to use or how something should be implemented. As a developer you value simplicity and you understand the importance of writing clean and understandable code.
Qualifications
Online Proctored is a small and fast paced team. Candidates will be exposed to wide array of tools and technologies over the course of their career. The team is looking for someone who likes to tinker, be challenged and is looking to improve their overall skills as a software developer. Candidates will be expected to be responsible for all components of our platform and have the following experience:
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, or relevant experience
• 1-3 years relevant software development experience
• 1 year experience with a MVC web frameworklike Rails, Django/Flask, Node
• Experience with a modern JS web framework
• Experience working with cloud based applications
The most important thing we are looking for in this position is a willingness to jump in and learn!
Desired Experience:
• 1 years experience using Javascript frameworks - AngularJS /JQuery
• Experience with AWS/GCE/Azure/Docker
• Experience with Git or other version control software
• Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools
• Willingness to learn some or all of the technologies listed above!
Experience with some or all of the following tools is considered a bonus:
• Backbone/Polymer Javascript library / MVC
• Streaming Media
• GoLang
• Redis
• Electron