Remote Principal Enterprise Architect: Cloud-Native

Pearson; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead transformative architectural initiatives across Pearson Virtual Schools core platforms. You will drive cloud-native modernization, event-driven integrations, and API-first design, while guiding multi-year roadmaps and cross-functional governance.

This is a hands-on, senior leadership role that blends strategic planning with practical execution. You will collaborate with engineering, product, security, and governance teams, ensuring

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience.
• Significant tenure at fast-growing, internet-based startups.
• Proven track record modernizing legacy, on-premise, or monolithic enterprise systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Deep expertise with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands-on experience with event-driven and asynchronous integration: message brokers, event streams (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS EventBridge).
• Strong API-first design (REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with agentic workflows and AI/LLM orchestration patterns.
• Exceptional communication skills for executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define the north-star technical architecture for Pearson Virtual Schools core platforms.
• Lead migration and refactoring of legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Own multi-year modernization roadmaps balancing delivery with platform health.
• Present architectural strategy to cross-functional steering committees.
• Design systems for elastic, demand-driven scaling and API-first contracts.
• Guide adoption of event-driven integrations and AI/LLM orchestration.

Skills

Software engineering

Startup experience

Cloud modernization

Cloud providers

Event-driven

API design

Kubernetes

AI/LLM orchestration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

EdTech/SaaS/K-12 experience

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS EventBridge

Kubernetes

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead transformative architectural initiatives across Pearson Virtual Schools core platforms. You will drive cloud-native modernization, event-driven integrations, and API-first design, while guiding multi-year roadmaps and cross-functional governance.

This is a hands-on, senior leadership role that blends strategic planning with practical execution. You will collaborate with engineering, product, security, and governance teams, ensuring