Lead Software Engineer - Cloud-Native & Scalable Systems

Pearson; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership and design scalable software solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and ensure secure, reliable delivery of strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities include leading architectural discussions, code reviews, and collaboration with Product Managers, QA, and DevOps to modernize the platform and reduce technical debt. Strong cloud-native expertise is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or lead developer experience.
• Strong experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
• Experience leading Agile engineering teams.
• Experience working within cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineers across one or more development squads.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to team members.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices.
• Drive code quality, maintainability, security, and performance standards.
• Lead technical design sessions and architectural discussions.
• Collaborate with Product Architects to ensure alignment with platform strategy.
• Design, develop, and deliver enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Develop new features and technical enhancements across the OnVUE platform.
• Support release planning and deployment activities.
• Coordinate with DevOps for cloud-native solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Architectural design

Mentoring engineers

LLMs/ML concepts

Security & observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership and design scalable software solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and ensure secure, reliable delivery of strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities include leading architectural discussions, code reviews, and collaboration with Product Managers, QA, and DevOps to modernize the platform and reduce technical debt. Strong cloud-native expertise is required.