Senior Software Engineer — Lead Scalable AI Solutions

Pearson; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end features across Rails, React on AWS with PostgreSQL. You will design scalable services, review code, and mentor teammates.

You will partner with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into robust solutions, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and help raise security and reliability across production systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing scalable, distributed systems and architecture.
• Strong cross-functional communication with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentoring or supporting junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex features end to end.
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and reduce technical debt.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews.
• Collaborate with Product Success and external vendors to meet requirements.
• Use AI-assisted tools to improve coding and debugging.

Skills

7+ years exp

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Architecting systems

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional comms

AI-assisted development

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Pulsar/Kafka

Job description

Pearson is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end features across Rails, React on AWS with PostgreSQL. You will design scalable services, review code, and mentor teammates.

You will partner with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into robust solutions, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and help raise security and reliability across production systems.