Software Engineer Jobs at Pearson in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Job Overview

Software Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Listed below are the typical duties and responsibilities expected of an individual for the job title described above. The items specified below are a guideline of the minimum expectations for the job title; changes will be made on a case-by-case basis for individuals who show potential to take on more opportunities.

Other duties may be assigned from time to time.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Ensures that code artifacts produced are of the highest quality, conforming to set or agreed upon standards. Should advocate such consistency to all members of the team.
• Follows the Pearson processes, agile practices and motivates his/her team members to do so.
• Escalates and communicates issues, risks and concerns to leads or managers.
• Provides realistic and accurate estimates and achieves on-time Delivery.
• Makes optimum utilization of engineering tools and technologies to maintain a high productivity level in the team
• Accepts project delivery responsibilities and demonstrates accountability to leadership.
• Builds competencies in product and technology domain to set expectations.
• Aligns self to organizational goals
• Adheres to Pearson values and ethical practices.
• Maintains a sense of individuality in thinking and decision making.
• Is a professional in work aspects as well as conduct with other individuals.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• The individual should possess a bachelor’s degree in Computing or Information Technology. Individuals who have a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or a specialization in the Engineering field will also be considered.
• The individual should have a minimum one (1) year of industry experience in Software Engineering / Web Application Development, Programming and Design and preferably some experience in a leadership role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Very good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Strong technical knowledge and hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot and Spring WebFlux – Reactive
• Experience in unit testing frameworks like JUnit
• Experience in source control systems like Bitbucket, Gitlab
• Experience using IDEs
• Knowledge and Experience in CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab
• Knowledge and Experience in Agile practices
• A good understanding of software engineering best practices
• Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (including English language skills) and the ability to interact promptly and professionally with teams across different time zones
• Ability to learn new technologies rapidly and share knowledge with other team members
• The desire to learn and continuously improve on the product quality, performance and other non-functional requirements
• Provision of in-depth technical skills to fix ad hoc incidents/problems, mentoring and support DevOps teams to ensure best practice
• Preferred additional skills: Python 3.x and AWS, especially Lambda, ECS, Cloud Formation, Cloud Watch, API Gateway and load balancers including target groups

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