Application architect, IT​/Tech, Systems Engineer

Application Architect – Pearson

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. This position is remote and full-time within the Assessment & Qualifications organization.

Applications will be accepted through 1/19/2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the laws of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC, the pay range for this position is: minimum full-time salary range $125,000 - $150,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

The Enterprise Architect – Application Architecture role at Pearson VUE is a strategic, enterprise-level position focused on defining the target‑state architecture for applications across the VUE product ecosystem. This role is responsible for driving modernization initiatives, designing reference architectures, and guiding their implementation across multiple platforms and product domains. The Application Architect ensures that architectural direction aligns with Pearson VUE’s long-term technology strategy, promotes adoption of modern engineering practices, and accelerates the evolution of VUE products toward a scalable, resilient, cloud-native future.

This role plays a critical part in shaping Pearson VUE’s technology strategy by driving the Tech Radar process, promoting new technology adoption, and defining standards, patterns, and reference models that provide architectural consistency across the enterprise. The architect will partner closely with platform and product architects, providing guidance, governance, and technical leadership to ensure that modernization goals are achieved and that application architectures support both customer needs and Pearson VUE’s strategic roadmap.

• Define and maintain the target‑state application architecture for Pearson VUE platforms and products, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Design, document, and evolve enterprise‑wide reference architectures, technology patterns, and best practices.
• Lead architectural modernization initiatives, including cloud‑native transformation, microservices redesign, event‑driven architecture, and platform simplification.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies that enhance scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Establish architectural standards, guidelines, and decision frameworks to ensure consistency across product and platform teams.
• Drive the enterprise Tech Radar process, identifying, evaluating, and promoting technologies for organization‑wide adoption.
• Mentor other architects and engineers, sharing best practices and supporting their technical growth.
• Ensure conformance to established framework guidelines and documentation standards.

• Guide engineering and product teams in the practical implementation of reference architectures and modernization patterns.
• Provide architectural oversight during solution design, development, integration, and deployment to ensure alignment with target‑state direction.
• Ensure new systems, enhancements, and modernization efforts meet technical standards for scalability, resiliency, observability, and security.
• Partner with teams to identify legacy pain points and recommend modernization pathways, including re‑platforming, re‑architecting, or tech stack upgrades.
• Support implementation of roadmaps by defining architectural milestones, technical dependencies, and phased modernization plans.

• Collaborate with platform architects, product architects, engineering leads, and other stakeholders to align on architectural direction and technology strategy.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting architectural rigor, technical excellence, and modern development practices.
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