Senior Software Engineer: Lead Architecture & Mentorship

Pearson; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson's technology team in the United States is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features. You will ship well-tested code, reduce complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into robust solutions.

You will work across Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL, applying AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and productivity, and uphold secure, scalable cloud-native

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing scalable systems and mentoring engineers.

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

Code reviews

Cross-functional comms

Mentoring juniors

Event-driven

Multi-codebase

Tools

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

CI/CD pipelines

Azure

Job description

Pearson's technology team in the United States is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end design and delivery of complex features. You will ship well-tested code, reduce complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into robust solutions.

You will work across Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL, applying AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and productivity, and uphold secure, scalable cloud-native