Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead — Rails/AWS

Pearson; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Pearson in the United States seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver complex features end to end. You will write clean, tested code, reduce complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to turn requirements into solid technical solutions.

You should be comfortable with AI-assisted development tools, focus on security and scalable cloud-native web apps, and be ready to work across multiple codebases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
• Track record shipping well-tested code and giving constructive code reviews.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in software architecture, system design, and scalability.
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers.
• Experience with distributed or service-oriented systems and asynchronous, event-driven communication between services.
• Comfort ramping into unfamiliar codebases.

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

Cross-functional communication

Software architecture

Mentoring engineers

Distributed systems

Unfamiliar codebases

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Pearson in the United States seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver complex features end to end. You will write clean, tested code, reduce complexity, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with Product and Customer Success to turn requirements into solid technical solutions.

You should be comfortable with AI-assisted development tools, focus on security and scalable cloud-native web apps, and be ready to work across multiple codebases.