Platform Lead Engineer, Content & AI Systems

Pearson; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is modernizing its content platform and you will be one of the principal engineers leading hands-on design and delivery across UI, workflows, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

You will own technical plans, drive migrations of large content and data, establish shared services, manage risk and security, and mentor teams to raise engineering standards while aligning with Pearson's long-term roadmap.

Qualifications

• 12+ years building and operating production software, including 4+ years at staff or principal level, or as technical lead across several teams or a large multi-service system.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/TypeScript, React, and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical plan and delivery for several technology tracks from design through launch.
• Lead migrations of large content and data with verification that nothing is lost for downstream products.
• Set shared capabilities and standards across teams, including AI content services and reliability.

Skills

Java & Spring Boot

Node.js & TypeScript

React

MongoDB

AWS

ECS Fargate

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

AWS Bedrock

Azure OpenAI

OpenSearch

Job description

Pearson is modernizing its content platform and you will be one of the principal engineers leading hands-on design and delivery across UI, workflows, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

You will own technical plans, drive migrations of large content and data, establish shared services, manage risk and security, and mentor teams to raise engineering standards while aligning with Pearson's long-term roadmap.