Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead (Remote)

Pearson; Charleston (WV); Remote; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end software solutions in a cloud-native, AWS-based environment. The role emphasizes backend design, distributed systems, and high-availability microservices, with responsibilities spanning discovery, delivery, deployment, and production support.

You will mentor engineers across onshore and offshore teams while driving modernization, observability, and secure, scalable platform evolution in a 24/7 production context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, operationalization, and production support of complex software systems.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Cloud AWS

Microservices

API design

Leadership

Software architecture

Security & data protection

Observability

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS Lambda

Amazon ECS/EKS

API Gateway

SQS/SNS

EventBridge

MSK

DynamoDB

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end software solutions in a cloud-native, AWS-based environment. The role emphasizes backend design, distributed systems, and high-availability microservices, with responsibilities spanning discovery, delivery, deployment, and production support.

You will mentor engineers across onshore and offshore teams while driving modernization, observability, and secure, scalable platform evolution in a 24/7 production context.