Senior Software Engineer - Platform Architect & Mentor

Pearson; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end features using Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL. You will mentor junior engineers, improve system design, and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to deliver sound, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes secure, cloud-native web development, with a track record of shipping well-tested code and making impactful technical decisions. Expect collaboration across multiple codebases and domains.

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.

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

Code reviews

CI/CD pipelines

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka

Job description

Pearson is seeking a senior software engineer to lead end-to-end features using Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL. You will mentor junior engineers, improve system design, and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to deliver sound, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes secure, cloud-native web development, with a track record of shipping well-tested code and making impactful technical decisions. Expect collaboration across multiple codebases and domains.