Quality Assurance Engineer III

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Approximately 8 or more years of experience in software quality engineering, including experience leading QE delivery for backend or platform services.

Strong hands-on experience testing REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and service-to-service integrations.

Strong experience building and maintaining automated API test solutions using tools and technologies such as REST Assured, Java, TestNG, Cucumber, Postman, or comparable frameworks.

Solid programming or scripting skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, Groovy, or a similar language.

with CI/CD tools and automated pipeline integration, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or equivalent platforms.

with performance and load-testing tools such as Apache JMeter, Gatling, or similar solutions.

Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, test design techniques, defect management, and risk-based testing.

validating complex end-to-end workflows across multiple applications and dependent services.

Ability to analyze logs, API requests and responses, database data, and distributed-system interactions.

Leadership Competencies Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability for product quality.

Provides dependable technical and delivery leadership.

Effectively manages priorities across multiple services, releases, and stakeholder groups.

Balances hands-on technical contributions with team leadership and mentoring.

Promotes automation, continuous testing, reusable solutions, and defect prevention.

Communicates clearly and confidently with both technical teams and senior stakeholders Who we are: At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning.

We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough.

We are the world's lifelong learning company.

For us, learning isn't just what we do.

It's who we are.

To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law.

We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: Engineering Job Family: TECHNOLOGY Organization: Higher Education Schedule: FULL_TIME Workplace Type: Req ID: 25512 #LI-REMOTE