Lead Cloud Solution Architect - Remote & Multi-Team API Expert

Pearson

Olympia (WA)

Remote

USD 150,000 - 160,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Pearson is seeking an experienced Lead Specialist, Solution Architect to shape the architecture for OnVUE online proctoring and guide multiple engineering teams through modernisation and reliability improvements. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure designs, set technical direction, and mentor engineers across squads.

REMOTE within the United States, with a focus on cloud-native delivery (Azure/AWS), Java/Spring ecosystem, and API-first integration.

Qualifications

Progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture or a related technical discipline.
Strong Java enterprise architecture experience, including Spring and Spring Boot.
Cloud-native delivery and API integration experience.

Responsibilities

Own solution architecture from discovery and design through implementation and production adoption.
Translate business needs, constraints and technical requirements into secure, scalable and maintainable designs.
Set technical direction across squads and maintain consistency across the OnVUE solution footprint.
Guide engineering teams through implementation while preserving architectural intent.
Evaluate trade-offs across scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, integration risk and business value.
Resolve complex architecture, integration and build issues, escalating decisions outside the assigned scope.
Establish repeatable technical patterns and ensure conformance with architecture standards.
Mentor engineers and architects and communicate recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.