Principal Platform Engineer: AI-Driven Content & Migrations

Pearson; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is modernizing its content platform into a set of shared platform services. You will be one of the principal engineers leading hands-on design and implementation across UI, workflow orchestration, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

You will own technical plans, drive migrations, and deliver scalable, secure, and observable systems. Senior leadership experience and a background in large-scale, multi-service architectures are essential.

Qualifications

• 12+ years building and operating production software, including 4+ years at staff/principal level or as technical lead
• Led re-platforming or legacy migration of a production system with active users and data
• Full-stack depth in Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/TypeScript, and React, with MongoDB and event-driven services (SQS, SNS, Kafka)
• Production experience on AWS (ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, API Gateway) with observability and CI/CD tooling

Responsibilities

• Own the technical plan and delivery for several technology tracks from design through launch
• Migrate large volumes of content and data with verification that nothing is lost for downstream products
• Provide shared capabilities (media handling, search, rendering, AI content services) exposed via APIs
• Write production code on critical paths and review others' changes
• Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices
• Act as technical multiplier and lead design reviews and migration plans
• Define long-term technical roadmap for the area
• Ensure security and stability across owned applications

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

React

MongoDB

Kafka

SQS/SNS

AWS

CI/CD

Terraform

GitHub Actions

New Relic

CloudWatch

OpenSearch

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

New Relic

CloudWatch

OpenSearch

Job description

Pearson is modernizing its content platform into a set of shared platform services. You will be one of the principal engineers leading hands-on design and implementation across UI, workflow orchestration, AI, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

You will own technical plans, drive migrations, and deliver scalable, secure, and observable systems. Senior leadership experience and a background in large-scale, multi-service architectures are essential.