Senior Cloud-Native Enterprise Architect

Pearson; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Virtual Schools seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead multi-year modernization of core platforms, aligning business goals with cloud-native patterns and enterprise governance. You will work hands-on with engineering teams, guiding design, integrations, and risk reduction while delivering measurable platform improvements.

You will mentor senior engineers, present to steering committees, and coordinate with security, data governance, and product leadership to ensure scalable,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience in enterprise-scale roles.
• Experience modernizing legacy or on-premise systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Deep expertise with at least one major cloud provider and resilient cost-effective patterns.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven integrations and distributed transactions.

Responsibilities

• Define north-star technical architecture for core platforms and modernization roadmaps.
• Lead migration of legacy systems into decoupled, cloud-native architectures.
• Mentor engineers and architects on cloud patterns and debt sequencing.
• Present architecture strategy to cross-functional steering committees and executives.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Event-driven design

API-first design

Distributed systems

Executive communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

GraphQL

Job description

Pearson Virtual Schools seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead multi-year modernization of core platforms, aligning business goals with cloud-native patterns and enterprise governance. You will work hands-on with engineering teams, guiding design, integrations, and risk reduction while delivering measurable platform improvements.

You will mentor senior engineers, present to steering committees, and coordinate with security, data governance, and product leadership to ensure scalable,