Senior Software Developer sought by NCS Pearson, Inc. in Iowa City, IA, 40 hrs/wk. Job duties include: The Senior Software Developer is responsible for the design and development of large-scale software and systems to support Pearson’s School Assessment business. The position’s duties require an understanding of previously written software code to enhance, modify and maintain code from specifications. The Senior Software Developer will be required to design, develop, implement and maintain software solutions in an agile development environment, using technologies/platforms such as Python, JAVA, Perl, J2EE, Cloud (AWS), JSON, Docker, and using NoSQL and SQL databases. The position will be responsible for analyzing new components and using appropriate system methodologies to configure, setup, develop and test customer requirements.

Minimum Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or foreign equivalent, and 5 years of professional experience with Software Development. Other Special Skills or Requirements: 5 years of professional experience designing and developing applications on Amazon Web Services (API Gateway, Lambda, S3, Fargate, or ECS); 5 years of professional experience with Java and/or Python programming; 5 years of professional experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Sybase); 5 years of professional experience with Unix/Linux; 3 years of agile software development experience.

Reply with resume to: Simon Low, Pearson Education, Inc., 400 Center Ridge Drive, Austin, TX 78753; or apply at https://Pearson.jobs.

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

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Req ID: 11649