Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Ecommerce Delivery

Job Description:

About Pearson

We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalised learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

About the division

PMC is one of Pearson’s global technology platforms, globally-distributed instances, multi-tenant, driving the digital transformation for eCommerce and web content. PMC currently processes more than 90% of global Pearson eCommerce revenue and serves over 75% of all Pearson web traffic.

We currently run a large eCommerce platform serving the full-stack, but we want to start to move towards the next-generation of eCommerce architectures – headless, API-first, cloud-native and micro-service based. Join a high performing team within a highly specialized technology department which focuses on delivery and transformation!

About the job

The right person will be a high performing senior full-stack engineer with experience building complex React-based applications and a UI ninja. They will contribute to Pearson's technical transformation by developing global capability onto the PMC core technical platform. We are looking for someone with passion for technology and a drive to help us move towards our architectural vision.

This is a unique opportunity for a keen technologist to help us build something that will directly enhance the lives of millions, by supporting the provision of education on a global scale.

As a senior full-stack engineer you will:

• Cross-collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, designers and QA in an autonomous, supportive team environment
• Implement, document and unit test React single page applications, ensuring code is of high quality and adheres to non-functional requirements
• Design and evolve UI component libraries that help us iterate on product quickly
• Help define and drive strategy for ReactJS & UI development within the department
• Coach and mentor junior members of the team towards best practices in UI code patterns
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve UI/UX issues
• Planning and effort estimation
• Willing to learn and work with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) & SAP Commerce

About you

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent, with strong fundamentals and problem-solving skills
• 5+ years with deep JavaScript knowledge, writing maintainable, reusable code
• 5+ years HTML/CSS/LESS experience, including concepts like cross-browser support, responsive design, accessibility, and using the latest web standards and methodologies
• Strong experience developing React.js single-page applications
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• Experience of Node.js, including experience of SSR for SEO and performance purposes (desirable)
• Willingness to work closely with UX and designers communicating the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Experience with Invision and Figma
• Ability to debug and resolve cross-browser/platform issues
• Good knowledge and understanding of design principles and patterns
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or SAP Commerce is a plus

If you have the skills, please apply, we want to talk to you!

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Corporate Strategy & Technology

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Req ID: 580