Remote Senior Cloud-Native Enterprise Architect

Pearson; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to drive modernization of Pearson Virtual Schools’ core platforms in a remote setting. You will lead multi-year roadmaps, design scalable, event-driven architectures, and guide API-first integration across REST, gRPC, and GraphQL contracts.

You will work hands-on with engineering teams, review designs, and mentor senior engineers while aligning architectural decisions with enterprise security and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent; advanced degree a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define north-star architecture for Pearson Virtual Schools core platforms.
• Lead migration from legacy to cloud-native architectures across multi-year roadmaps.
• Present strategy to steering committees and executives; balance risk and cost.
• Mentor engineers on modern cloud patterns and distributed systems.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native

Event-driven design

API-first design

Leadership & mentorship

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

EventBridge

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to drive modernization of Pearson Virtual Schools’ core platforms in a remote setting. You will lead multi-year roadmaps, design scalable, event-driven architectures, and guide API-first integration across REST, gRPC, and GraphQL contracts.

You will work hands-on with engineering teams, review designs, and mentor senior engineers while aligning architectural decisions with enterprise security and regulatory requirements.