Senior Software Engineer: Cloud-Native & AI-Driven Leader

Pearson; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure software supporting Higher Education products. You will lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams, mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes modern software practices, cloud-native development, automation, and AI-assisted engineering to improve reliability and delivery velocity, with a focus on quality, security, and performance.

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.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native applications.
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with distributed teams.
• Influence technical decisions without direct managerial authority.

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 standards for quality, security, performance, maintainability, and reliability.
• Participate in architecture discussions, providing technical guidance.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and solution quality.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, Security, Quality Engineering, and Operations to deliver business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement root-cause analysis and preventative improvements.
• Identify risks and communicate them to stakeholders; provide realistic delivery estimates.
• Contribute to platform modernization, cloud migration, scalability, security, and reliability initiatives.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices.

Skills

OOP concepts

Architecture patterns

Java

Spring Boot

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Python

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

AWS

DevOps

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Security

Observability

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / IT

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure software supporting Higher Education products. You will lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams, mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes modern software practices, cloud-native development, automation, and AI-assisted engineering to improve reliability and delivery velocity, with a focus on quality, security, and performance.