Senior Software Engineer - Platform Architect & Mentor

Pearson; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Columbia, SC. You will design and deliver end-to-end features, write maintainable code, and reduce complexity across services.

You will mentor junior engineers, evolve the platform across codebases, and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to turn requirements into solid solutions. AI-assisted tools and secure, scalable practices are encouraged.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience in software architecture, system design, and scalability.
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers.
• Experience with distributed or service-oriented systems and asynchronous communication.
• Comfort working across more than one codebase and ramping quickly into unfamiliar systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex, well-scoped features end to end.
• Write clear, maintainable, well-tested code and reduce complexity.
• Mentor junior engineers and level up the team through code reviews.
• Evolve the platform to support new services across adjacent codebases.
• Partner with Product and Customer Success to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools for coding, testing, and debugging.
• Promote secure, scalable, cloud-native web application development.

Skills

7+ years of software development

Cross-functional communication

Mentoring junior engineers

Multi-codebase familiarity

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Job description

Pearson is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Columbia, SC. You will design and deliver end-to-end features, write maintainable code, and reduce complexity across services.

You will mentor junior engineers, evolve the platform across codebases, and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to turn requirements into solid solutions. AI-assisted tools and secure, scalable practices are encouraged.