Remote Senior Software Engineer - Cloud-Native & AI-Powered

Pearson; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and support enterprise-scale software for Higher Education. You will lead multi-team initiatives, ensure security and reliability, and drive modern engineering practices across Product, Architecture, Security, and Operations.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, observability, and AI-assisted tooling, with opportunities to influence engineering direction and mentor others in a fast-paced, global team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience developing and supporting enterprise-scale applications and services.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives and delivering solutions across multiple teams.
• Proven experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native applications.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Strong experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and drive engineering excellence without direct managerial authority.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production systems and customer-facing applications.
• Experience mentoring software engineers and promoting engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise-scale software applications and services.
• Lead complex technical initiatives spanning multiple systems, services, and engineering teams.
• Ensure software solutions meet the highest standards for quality, security, performance, maintainability, and reliability.
• Participate in and influence architecture and design discussions, providing technical recommendations and guidance.
• Drive adoption of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity and solution quality.
• Collaborate effectively with Product Management, Architecture, Security, Quality Engineering, and Operations teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues while driving root-cause analysis and preventative improvements.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and technical challenges and communicate them proactively to stakeholders.
• Provide realistic estimates and consistently meet delivery commitments.
• Contribute to platform modernization, cloud migration, scalability, security, and reliability initiatives.
• Continuously enhance domain expertise and stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Demonstrate accountability, ownership, professionalism, and alignment with Pearson values and ethical standards.
• Support operational excellence through participation in incident management and production support activities when required.

Skills

OOP

Java

Spring Boot

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Python

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Microservices

CI/CD

Observability

Security

DevOps

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Pearson seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and support enterprise-scale software for Higher Education. You will lead multi-team initiatives, ensure security and reliability, and drive modern engineering practices across Product, Architecture, Security, and Operations.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, observability, and AI-assisted tooling, with opportunities to influence engineering direction and mentor others in a fast-paced, global team.