Lead Quality Architect – Automation & Reliability (Remote US)

Pearson; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) for ExamDeveloper to shape the quality system and drive automation across multiple Agile teams. You will mentor senior engineers, review critical QA work, and contribute hands-on as needed in testing and automation investigations.

Location is remote in the United States with a strong emphasis on domain-level quality decisions, reliability, and release confidence for a high-impact assessment platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in quality engineering, software testing, or test automation.
• 3+ years as a domain-level quality expert across complex, distributed platforms.
• Influence on quality practices, automation frameworks, or standards across teams.
• Deep experience with test automation strategy, tooling, and quality improvement.
• Experience in large product environments with multiple Agile teams and high release activity.

Responsibilities

• Set quality strategy and direction for ExamDeveloper quality system.
• Partner with Product Architect and Engineering leadership on long-term automation strategy.
• Improve QA processes to increase automation, efficiency, and release confidence.
• Define quality metrics to inform decision-making (automation health, defect leakage, cycle time).
• Be the domain SME for quality, automation approaches, and critical test scenarios.
• Develop robust test coverage across domain areas and review QA artifacts.

Skills

Scripting

OOP

Gauge

Selenium/WebDriver

C#

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD

SQL

Observability

AI QA tooling

Communication

Asynchronous collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Gauge

Selenium/WebDriver

C#

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

SQL

Telemetry dashboards

Job description

Pearson seeks a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) for ExamDeveloper to shape the quality system and drive automation across multiple Agile teams. You will mentor senior engineers, review critical QA work, and contribute hands-on as needed in testing and automation investigations.

Location is remote in the United States with a strong emphasis on domain-level quality decisions, reliability, and release confidence for a high-impact assessment platform.