Principal Platform Engineer: Content & AI Systems Lead

Pearson; Boise (ID); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pearson is seeking a hands-on senior engineering leader to design and deliver platform services across content workflows. You will own designs, write critical code, and guide the team through large migrations while maintaining security and reliability.

You will work with AWS services, data migrations, and AI-enabled workflows to deliver scalable, safe platforms across Pearson’s business lines. This role requires deep technical judgment, architectural rigor, and the ability to mentor engineers

Formación

• 12+ years building and operating production software.
• 4+ years at staff or principal level or as technical lead across several teams or a large multi-service system.
• Led a re-platforming or legacy migration of a production system with active users and data.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong design, review, and mentorship responsibilities.

Responsabilidades

• Own the technical plan and delivery for multiple tracks from design through launch.
• Migrate large volumes of content and data with lossless verification for downstream products.
• Develop shared capabilities exposed via clean APIs for reuse across teams.
• Provide an honest, costed view of technical debt and prioritization.
• Act as technical point of contact for escalated incidents with root cause fixes and preventive actions.
• Ensure security, stability, and disaster recovery planning with audits and tests.
• Set cross-team standards for design, tooling, reliability, observability, and AI workflows.

Conocimientos

Senior engineer

Technical leadership

Full stack

AWS experience

Design & migration planning

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

React

MongoDB

SQS

SNS

Kafka

AWS ECS Fargate

Lambda

S3

API Gateway

Terraform

New Relic

CloudWatch

Descripción del empleo

Pearson is seeking a hands-on senior engineering leader to design and deliver platform services across content workflows. You will own designs, write critical code, and guide the team through large migrations while maintaining security and reliability.

You will work with AWS services, data migrations, and AI-enabled workflows to deliver scalable, safe platforms across Pearson’s business lines. This role requires deep technical judgment, architectural rigor, and the ability to mentor engineers