Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareLogistics
Pearson VUE delivers computer-based testing and credentialing services for organizations across sectors including consulting, healthcare, and logistics. Its platform supports high-stakes certification and professional exams, with tools for exam scheduling, candidate resources, and testing accommodations. By helping test owners assess skills and enabling candidates to validate their knowledge, Pearson VUE contributes to professional development and industry standards. The company’s hiring context spans a large international team focused on assessment delivery and the candidate experience.

Senior Lead Technical Architect, Quality Engineering

Shape automation, reliability, and release confidence for Pearson’s ExamDeveloper assessment platform. Guide distributed QA teams across complex Agile products.

Description

  • Set strategic direction for ExamDeveloper’s quality system, spanning processes, automation, tools, training, metrics, quality gates, and release confidence.
  • Work with the Product Architect and engineering leaders to shape long-term automation and quality strategy.
  • Assess QA processes, tools, technology, data, and team practices, then drive improvements.
  • Define measures for automation health, test reliability, defect leakage, cycle time, release readiness, and the effectiveness of QA investment.
  • Act as the quality domain expert for automation methods and critical test scenarios.
  • Build thorough test coverage across application areas.
  • Lead complex root-cause analysis, intermittent defect investigations, and reliability improvements.
  • Coach senior quality engineers and strengthen quality capabilities across teams.
  • Contribute to automated test suites and the development of quality practices.
  • Assess emerging tools and AI-assisted testing methods.
  • Provide technical oversight of QA practices and test artifacts.
  • Represent quality in leadership discussions and with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Help shape architecture, platform, delivery, and investment decisions.
  • Increase reliability, reduce defect leakage, build release confidence, and surface systemic quality risks early.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least eight years of professional experience in quality engineering, software testing, or test automation.
  • At least three years as a domain-level quality expert or subject-matter expert for complex, distributed platforms.
  • Track record of influencing quality practices, automation frameworks, or standards adopted across multiple teams.
  • Deep expertise in test automation strategy, tooling, and quality improvement.
  • Experience in large product environments with multiple Agile teams, distributed QA teams, and substantial testing and release-readiness demands.
  • Recognized expertise in automation architecture, quality strategy, reliability, and test tooling.
  • Proficiency in scripting and object-oriented programming languages.
  • Experience with Gauge, Selenium/WebDriver, C#, VM-based test execution, or cloud testing infrastructure is relevant.
  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery, cloud-native environments such as Azure and Kubernetes, and CI/CD quality gates.
  • Experience with SQL, telemetry, dashboards, observability, and production quality signals.
  • Familiarity with LLMs, machine learning, and AI-assisted QA tools is preferred.
  • Experience supporting accessibility compliance and WCAG standards is preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Strong writing skills for clear asynchronous communication across distributed teams.

Benefits

  • Eligible for the annual incentive program.
  • Pearson benefits are offered; specific benefits are detailed in the job posting.
  • Remote work within the United States.

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