Senior Quality Architect & Automation Strategist

Pearson; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) for ExamDeveloper in the United States, remote within the US. The role drives quality strategy, automation direction, and cross‑team quality leadership for a high‑volume exam development platform.

You will mentor engineers, shape testing strategies, and oversee critical QA work across distributed teams. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in quality engineering, SME-level domain expertise, and a strong background in automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional quality engineering, software testing, or test automation experience.
• 3+ years operating as a domain‑level quality expert across complex, distributed platforms.
• Demonstrated influence on quality practices, automation frameworks, or standards adopted across multiple teams.
• Deep experience with test automation strategy, tooling, and quality improvement.
• Experience operating in large product environments with multiple Agile teams, distributed QA teams, and high volumes of testing and release-readiness decisions.

Responsibilities

• Quality strategy and direction: set strategic direction for the ExamDeveloper quality system and release confidence.
• Partner with Product Architect and Engineering leadership on long-term automation and quality strategy.
• Evaluate processes, tools, data, and people practices; drive automation, efficiency, and risk alignment.
• Establish quality metrics informing decision-making (automation health, test reliability, defect leakage, cycle time, release readiness).
• Subject‑matter expert on quality, automation approaches, and critical test scenarios.
• Drive test coverage across domain areas; lead complex root‑cause analysis and reliability challenges.
• Mentor senior quality engineers and build quality capability across teams.
• Evaluate new tools and AI-assisted testing practices to improve quality and delivery confidence.

Skills

Automation leadership

Test automation

Scripting

Quality mindset

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) for ExamDeveloper in the United States, remote within the US. The role drives quality strategy, automation direction, and cross‑team quality leadership for a high‑volume exam development platform.

You will mentor engineers, shape testing strategies, and oversee critical QA work across distributed teams. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in quality engineering, SME-level domain expertise, and a strong background in automation