Remote Senior Cloud-Native Enterprise Architect

Pearson; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to drive modernization of core platforms in a remote role. You will guide multi-year roadmaps, orchestrate cloud-native, event-driven designs, and shape API-first strategies while working closely with engineering, security, and product leadership.

You will balance strategic planning with hands-on coding and incident retrospectives, mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with governance teams to reduce risk and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and architecture experience in enterprise-scale contexts.
• Proven track record modernizing legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Deep cloud provider expertise and patterns for resilient, cost-effective services.
• Hands-on delivery mindset with enterprise governance and risk awareness.

Responsibilities

• Define north-star architecture and modernization roadmaps for core platforms.
• Lead migrations from monolithic/on-prem systems to decoupled cloud-native designs.
• Present strategy and trade-offs to cross-functional boards and leadership.
• Mentor engineers and architects on modern cloud patterns and debt sequencing.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native design

Event-driven architectures

API-first design

Distributed systems

Leadership & mentorship

Security & compliance

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder communication

Hands-on technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS/GCP/Azure

REST

gRPC

GraphQL

Kubernetes

EventBridge

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to drive modernization of core platforms in a remote role. You will guide multi-year roadmaps, orchestrate cloud-native, event-driven designs, and shape API-first strategies while working closely with engineering, security, and product leadership.

You will balance strategic planning with hands-on coding and incident retrospectives, mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with governance teams to reduce risk and improve reliability.