Principal Platform Engineer: AI, Migrations & Core Services

Pearson; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is modernizing its content platform with a hands‑on principal engineer who will design target systems and lead migrations across data and content assets. The role spans UI, workflows, AI content services, and cloud infrastructure, requiring deep implementation work and technical leadership.

You will raise the bar on judgment and execution for the engineering teams. This role emphasizes ownership of critical path code, cross‑team collaboration, and a focus on scalable reliability,

Qualifications

• 12+ years building and operating production software.
• Experience leading multi-team platforms and migrations.
• Proven ability to design scalable, reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical plan and delivery for several tracks from design to launch.
• Migrate large volumes of content and data with verification of integrity.
• Build shared capabilities via clean APIs for media, search, rendering, and AI services.
• Provide honest, costed views on technical debt and prioritization.
• Serve as technical point of contact for escalated incidents and post‑mortem fixes.

Skills

Technical leadership

System design

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Production software experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

React

MongoDB

SQS

SNS

Kafka

AWS

ECS Fargate

Lambda

S3

API Gateway

New Relic

CloudWatch

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Pearson is modernizing its content platform with a hands‑on principal engineer who will design target systems and lead migrations across data and content assets. The role spans UI, workflows, AI content services, and cloud infrastructure, requiring deep implementation work and technical leadership.

You will raise the bar on judgment and execution for the engineering teams. This role emphasizes ownership of critical path code, cross‑team collaboration, and a focus on scalable reliability,