Senior Software Engineer: Cloud-Native & AI-Driven (Remote)

Pearson; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure software for Higher Education digital products. You will lead complex initiatives, mentor engineers, and advance modernization across teams, with a focus on cloud-native delivery and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, DevOps practices, and strong collaboration with product, architecture, security, and operations teams to achieve business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Proven experience leading complex initiatives across multiple teams.
• Experience building cloud-native applications and operating in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise-scale software applications and services.
• Lead complex technical initiatives spanning multiple systems and teams.
• Ensure software quality, security, performance, and reliability.
• Influence architecture decisions and provide technical guidance.
• Drive CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, observability, and cloud-native patterns.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security, quality, and operations teams.
• Provide code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Python

OOP

Microservices

RESTful APIs

AWS

DevOps

CI/CD

IaC

Git

Automated testing

Docker

Kubernetes

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure software for Higher Education digital products. You will lead complex initiatives, mentor engineers, and advance modernization across teams, with a focus on cloud-native delivery and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, DevOps practices, and strong collaboration with product, architecture, security, and operations teams to achieve business outcomes.