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Senior Software Developer
Pearson
American Fork, UT, United States
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Description
As the global leader in electronic testing, Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) validates the skills and knowledge of millions of individuals every year. Our customers’ high-stakes certification, licensure, admissions and other credentialing exams help people advance in technology, government and professional careers, as well as attain educational growth. Pearson VUE offers proctored exams through the world's largest network of test centers in addition to testing in online and unproctored environments.
Certiport (www.Certiport.com), a Pearson VUE company, prepares individuals with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions are delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide and include the official Microsoft Office certification program, the Microsoft Technology Associate certification program, the Adobe® Certified Associate certification program, the CompTIA Strata™ IT Fundamentals, the Autodesk® Certified User certification program, the Intuit® QuickBooks Certified User certification program and the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®).
Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson, the world's leading learning company with global-reach and market-leading businesses. Pearson is listed on both the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.
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.
This position is for AngularJS/JavaScript wizards who want to use their powers for good, using AngularJS, HTML5, and CSS to build realistic software simulations for certification exams.
Focus is mainly on client side with other internal tools that require working knowledge of C# and SQL Server.
Design and build rich simulations for exam testing, including rich and reusable components with a focus on fidelity to original application and customer experience. Skills used: Strong system design background, AngularJS.
Build, maintain, and support internal tools, as well as identify areas where existing tools could be modified or new tools created to increase efficiency. Recommend improvements, new projects, or new technologies to both improve our business and foster high team morale. Skills used: C#, OO design and other software design patterns and principles, ability to hold the Big Picture in your mind and see how solution candidates fit or not.
Lead, mentor, and serve as a role model to team members, including offsite/offshore members. Explore new technologies as a team and develop innovative solutions. Skills used: self-motivation, clear communication skills, including the ability to understand and communicate with non-native English speaking team members and customers, good interpersonal skills, and general optimism.
30% Implement
Implement designs following Pearson coding standards and industry best practices
Maintain and support mission-critical applications as necessary
25% Analyze & Design
Understand the dependencies of our exam platform and deployment system and how it interacts with our exam software
Identify technology related issues as they arise and recommend solutions
Ensure business and requirements artifacts are created that effectively model the customer's requirements
15% Test & Deployment
Work closely with other teams (e.g., QA, configuration management, end users) to release high quality exams
Create testable requirements and write and execute unit tests
10% Review
Participate in and lead requirement, design, and code reviews
5% Reporting
Create and use reports to identify actionable data for continuous improvement
Complete project documentation as required, including logging status, risk, progress, and effort on assigned work
5% Quality/process improvement
Participate in group improvement activities and initiatives to improve process and product quality in pursuit of excellence
Identify specific development processes best suited for automation and recommend solutions
5% People development
Mentoring and training of new team members
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
• 6+ years relevant software development experience creating business applications with relational database systems
• Experience in C# or other OO languages and design patterns including MVC/MVVM
• Experience in AngularJS or other JavaScript frameworks
• 1+ years experience in software architecture
• Experience in OOAD, iterative development, agile processes, CMMI, business objects, layered design, design patterns and SQL.
• Experience with multiple development methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid).
Recommended experience
• Typescript
• VBA
• Selenium
• Jenkins
• Protractor
• Jasmine
• GIT/SVN
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools
• Proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Must assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience and provide solution alternatives and recommendations
• Must have strong time management skills – including the ability to work well under pressure, plan, set priorities, adapt to change, and meet established timelines
• Ability to work with disparate teams across varied time zones and disciplines.
• Must be detail-oriented
• Experience in computer-based testing, certification, and licensing industry preferred