Senior Full-Stack Engineer: AI, Data & Cloud

Pearson; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software as we build a new platform with a modern stack and new processes.

This role demands rapid learning of new tools, domains, and workflows and ownership of functionality with minimal reliance on a business analyst. You’ll collaborate across disciplines and deliver robust software aligned with best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent on‑the‑job training.
• 3–5 years of relevant full‑stack software development experience.
• Experience with development, maintenance, and testing of software.
• Experience with highly available, highly concurrent cloud-based web applications.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and new domains (R, data science, agentic AI).
• AWS hosted applications.
• R and R data science libraries.
• GitHub and GitHub-driven CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a new web application stack.
• Leverage and refine LLM-codegen processes to balance agility and quality.
• Develop and leverage agent-driven AI architectures.
• Work closely with customers and adapt tools to their needs.
• Develop psychometrics and data science-focused tools in R.
• Operate, extend and create cloud-based solutions in AWS.
• Develop and maintain code using best practices for maintainability, performance, security, and verifiability.
• Possess the ability to quickly learn new processes, tools, and business domains.
• Work with engineering leadership to deliver timely, robust software adhering to best practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

Agile experience

Team collaboration

Fast learning

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline

Tools

AWS

R

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software as we build a new platform with a modern stack and new processes.

This role demands rapid learning of new tools, domains, and workflows and ownership of functionality with minimal reliance on a business analyst. You’ll collaborate across disciplines and deliver robust software aligned with best practices.