Platform Lead, Content Services & AI Systems

Pearson; Juneau (AK); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pearson is modernizing its content platform, and you will be a principal engineer leading hands-on work across UI, workflows, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure. You will own designs, code on the critical path, and raise engineering judgment across teams.

This hands-on role requires deep technical ability across Java, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS and data systems, plus mentoring and security/stability focus.

Formación

• Lead design and delivery of technically complex, user-facing systems.
• 12+ years building and operating production software.
• Experience across Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, TypeScript, React, and MongoDB.
• Security, stability, and disaster recovery planning.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive best practices.

Responsabilidades

• Own the technical plan and delivery for multiple tracks from design through launch.
• Migrate large volumes of content with data integrity.
• Define shared platform services exposed through clean APIs.
• Provide an honest view of technical debt and priorities.
• Lead incidents and root-cause analysis with preventive fixes.
• Write production code and review critical changes.
• Collaborate with managers, architects, and product teams.

Conocimientos

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

React

MongoDB

SQS

SNS

Kafka

AWS

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Herramientas

OpenSearch

Solr

Redis

Terraform

GitHub Actions

New Relic

CloudWatch

API Gateway

ECS Fargate

Lambda

S3

Descripción del empleo

Pearson is modernizing its content platform, and you will be a principal engineer leading hands-on work across UI, workflows, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure. You will own designs, code on the critical path, and raise engineering judgment across teams.

This hands-on role requires deep technical ability across Java, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS and data systems, plus mentoring and security/stability focus.