Senior Software Engineer — Lead Architect for AI Systems

Pearson; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson in Raleigh, NC seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features within a cloud-native stack. You will write clean, tested code, reduce architectural complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on architecture, cross-functional communication, and the use of AI tools to improve development productivity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency with our core stack: Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
• Proven track record of making high-impact technical decisions in complex production environments, shipping well-tested code, and giving constructive code reviews.
• Excellent cross-functional communication, equally effective with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in software architecture, system design, and scalability with a strong hands-on background.
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers.
• Experience with distributed or service-oriented systems and asynchronous, event-driven communication between services.
• Comfort working across more than one codebase and ramping quickly into unfamiliar systems.

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

Software architecture

System design

Mentoring

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Cross-functional communication

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

Azure

Job description

Pearson in Raleigh, NC seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features within a cloud-native stack. You will write clean, tested code, reduce architectural complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on architecture, cross-functional communication, and the use of AI tools to improve development productivity.