Senior Software Engineer: Lead Scalable Rails/React Systems

Pearson; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson in Lincoln, NE is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex features end to end. You will write clean, tested code and mentor engineers while reducing complexity across services.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and external partners to translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions. Proficiency in Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL is required; familiarity with AI-assisted tooling is a plus.

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.
• You should be comfortable using AI tools to assist with coding, testing, documentation, and learning, and exercising sound engineering judgment about their output.

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

System architecture

Mentoring

Code reviews

Distributed systems

Event-driven

AI tooling

Tools

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

CI/CD pipelines

Azure

AWS

Job description

Pearson in Lincoln, NE is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex features end to end. You will write clean, tested code and mentor engineers while reducing complexity across services.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and external partners to translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions. Proficiency in Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL is required; familiarity with AI-assisted tooling is a plus.