AI-Driven Data Platform Engineering Manager

Pearson; Charleston (WV); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pearson seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Data Foundations delivery, overseeing both legacy .NET systems and modern React/TypeScript services on AWS. You will guard release gates for AI-enabled features, coordinate with Product, Security, DevOps, and vendor teams, and ensure continuity during modernization.

You will coach engineers, drive performance conversations, and create reusable tooling and evaluation suites adopted across teams, while navigating privacy and FERPA considerations in a

Formación

• 4+ years managing engineers who ship to production
• Engineering background credible with AI-fluent engineering
• Experience delivering a model-backed or agentic capability to real users
• Held a quality gate under delivery pressure and explained outcomes
• Managed across a legacy and a target platform while shipping
• Distributed team leadership across time zones with strong written discipline
• Experience in regulated or privacy-sensitive environments; K-12 and FERPA exposure is an advantage
• Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience

Responsabilidades

• Lead the overall engineering delivery for Data Foundations, including roadmap execution, platform readiness, migration sequencing, cutover planning, dependency management, and coordination across source systems, downstream consumers, and partner teams
• Set expectations for data contracts, quality gates, lineage, observability, access controls, operational readiness, and support ownership across data domains
• Partner with Product, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Solution Architecture, Security, Compliance, DevOps, SRE, and vendor teams to align delivery priorities and protect continuity during modernization
• Hire against the AI-fluent bar and maintain it when the pipeline is thin
• Coach capability deliberately, run performance and development conversations, and build succession inside the team
• Build reusable engineering tooling and evaluation suites for broader adoption

Conocimientos

Managing engineers

Engineering background

Model-backed delivery

Quality gate discipline

Legacy to modern platform

Distributed team leadership

FERPA knowledge

Relevant degree or experience

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Descripción del empleo

Pearson seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Data Foundations delivery, overseeing both legacy .NET systems and modern React/TypeScript services on AWS. You will guard release gates for AI-enabled features, coordinate with Product, Security, DevOps, and vendor teams, and ensure continuity during modernization.

You will coach engineers, drive performance conversations, and create reusable tooling and evaluation suites adopted across teams, while navigating privacy and FERPA considerations in a