Quality Architect Lead: Automation & Reliability

Pearson; Jefferson City (MO); Remote; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) to provide domain-level quality leadership for ExamDeveloper. You will shape quality strategy, coach teams, and oversee automation efforts across multiple Agile squads to ensure release confidence and robust test coverage.

The role emphasizes expertise in automation architecture, reliability, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on scalable quality practices across Pearson's assessment platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years quality engineering, software testing, or test automation.
• 3+ years as a domain-level quality expert across distributed platforms.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for the ExamDeveloper quality system.
• Partner with Product Architect and Engineering leadership to determine long-term automation and quality strategy.
• Drive improvement of testing efficiency, reliability, and release confidence.
• Establish quality metrics informing decision-making and investment.
• Mentor and coach senior quality engineers and build quality capability across teams.
• Provide domain-level expert guidance on quality practices and test artifacts.

Skills

Automation

Quality leadership

Domain SME

Scripting

C#

Gauge

Selenium

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Gauge

Selenium/WebDriver

C#

VM-based testing

Cloud testing

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) to provide domain-level quality leadership for ExamDeveloper. You will shape quality strategy, coach teams, and oversee automation efforts across multiple Agile squads to ensure release confidence and robust test coverage.

The role emphasizes expertise in automation architecture, reliability, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on scalable quality practices across Pearson's assessment platform.