Lead Specialist, Technical Architect

Role:Senior Technical Architect

Location:Haifa Israel (on-site)

Company:Pearson

About Pearson

Pearson is the worlds leading provider of learning services and education institutions and faculties around the globe operating in over 70 countries.

With a mission to revolutionize the future of learning and courseware Pearsons Higher Education team is focused on transforming how students engage with contentdeveloping innovative consumer-grade digital products that are intuitive effective and accessible. We move fast: designing building testing and iterating with agility and purpose.

By putting students at the center of everything we do were creating cross-platform mobile-first experiences and high-scale web services that are shaping the future of global education.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect to provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives within Pearsons Higher Education Division. This role is ideal for a seasoned architect who thrives in complex environments enjoys solving large-scale technical challenges and can influence architectural direction across teams and programs.

As a Senior Technical Architect you will partner closely with engineering product platform and infrastructure teams to design scalable secure and resilient solutions that support Pearsons strategic objectives. You will play a key role in defining architectural standards guiding technical decisions and ensuring consistency across a diverse portfolio of products and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and solution design efforts across multiple products platforms and initiatives

• Collaborate with engineering product and infrastructure teams to define technical strategies and long-term architectural roadmaps

• Drive architectural alignment across programs while balancing business priorities scalability maintainability and operational excellence

• Review and provide guidance on technical designs architecture proposals and implementation approaches

• Champion best practices in software architecture cloud-native development APIs event-driven systems and distributed architectures

• Identify and address technical risks dependencies and architectural gaps early in the delivery lifecycle

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to architects engineers and technical leads

• Support teams in solving complex technical challenges and making informed design decisions

• Contribute to architectural governance standards and technology evaluation processes

• Stay current with industry trends emerging technologies cloud platforms and modern software development practices
  

Qualifications

• . in Computer Science or a related field

• Proven experience as a Senior Technical Architect Solution Architect or Principal Engineer in a SaaS or large-scale cloud environment

• Deep understanding of modern software architecture patterns including microservices event-driven architectures APIs and distributed systems

• Strong experience with cloud platforms preferably AWS

• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver scalable secure and highly available systems

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leaders

• Experience translating business requirements into practical scalable technical solutions

• Ability to work across multiple teams and initiatives in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Have

• Experience in EdTech or large enterprise environments

• Familiarity with data privacy security architecture and compliance frameworks (GDPR SOC2 etc.)

• Experience with platform modernization cloud migrations and digital transformation initiatives

• Knowledge of architectural governance frameworks and enterprise architecture practices

• Experience supporting AI-enabled products data platforms or large-scale digital ecosystems
  

  
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