Senior Software Engineer — Design Lead & Mentorship

Pearson; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features. You will contribute code, mentor teammates, and evolve the platform across multiple domains.

Collaboration with Product, Customer Success, and external vendors is expected. AI-assisted development tools will be used to improve productivity, with an emphasis on secure, scalable cloud-native practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS and PostgreSQL.
• Proven track record of making high-impact technical decisions in complex production environments.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex, well-scoped features and systems end to end.
• Write clear, maintainable, well-tested code and reduce complexity by simplifying services, improving patterns, and paying down technical debt.
• Mentor junior engineers and level up the team through code reviews, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Evolve the platform to support new services and capabilities, including work across adjacent codebases and domains.
• Partner with external vendors and stakeholders across Product and Customer Success to turn requirements into sound technical solutions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools for coding, testing, and debugging.
• Follow and promote best practices for secure, scalable, cloud-native web application development.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Mentoring

Code reviews

Software architecture

System design

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

Job description

Pearson is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features. You will contribute code, mentor teammates, and evolve the platform across multiple domains.

Collaboration with Product, Customer Success, and external vendors is expected. AI-assisted development tools will be used to improve productivity, with an emphasis on secure, scalable cloud-native practices.