Lead Solution Architect – Java, Cloud & Kubernetes

Pearson; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Solution Architect to guide multiple engineering teams in modernising and scaling the OnVUE online proctoring platform. You will translate business needs into practical architecture, steer delivery from discovery to production, and ensure architectural intent is preserved across implementations.

This role requires deep Java and cloud-native expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to influence without formal authority.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture or a related technical discipline.
• Strong Java enterprise architecture experience, including Spring and Spring Boot.
• Working architecture experience across front-end and back-end technologies, including Angular.
• Cloud-platform experience, preferably Azure; strong AWS experience is also relevant.
• Kubernetes, containers, orchestration and cloud-native delivery experience.
• Experience designing and scaling reliable, distributed applications and maintaining operational health.
• Strong third-party integration, API and service-integration experience.
• Evidence of leading technical decisions across multiple teams without relying on formal authority.
• Strong communication, facilitation, documentation and mentoring skills.
• Experience with LLMs, machine learning, video/audio/image processing or desktop products is helpful but not essential.

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 wider 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.

Skills

Java architecture

Spring Boot

Angular

Cloud Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

APIs integration

Leadership

Communication

ML exposure

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Solution Architect to guide multiple engineering teams in modernising and scaling the OnVUE online proctoring platform. You will translate business needs into practical architecture, steer delivery from discovery to production, and ensure architectural intent is preserved across implementations.

This role requires deep Java and cloud-native expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to influence without formal authority.