Senior Software Engineer - AI/Cloud Platform

Pearson; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to analyze, design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. The role includes developing a new platform with a fresh tech stack and processes, and rapid learning of new tools, languages, and domains.

You will own functionality, balance agility with quality, and collaborate with customers to tailor tools. Expect work on psychometrics, data science tools in R, and AWS-based cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline, or equivalent on-the-job training.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and domains (R, data science, agentic AI cloud applications).
• 3-5 years relevant full-stack software development experience.
• Experience with development, maintenance, and testing of software, following industry best practices.
• Experience with highly available, highly concurrent cloud-based Web applications.
• Some background in statistics is a plus.
• 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

Rapid learning

Team collaboration

Education

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

Equivalent on-the-job training

Tools

AWS

R data science libraries

GitHub CI/CD

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to analyze, design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. The role includes developing a new platform with a fresh tech stack and processes, and rapid learning of new tools, languages, and domains.

You will own functionality, balance agility with quality, and collaborate with customers to tailor tools. Expect work on psychometrics, data science tools in R, and AWS-based cloud solutions.