Software Engineer III - AI & Data Platform

Pearson; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to analyze, design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. This role involves building a new platform with a modern stack, learning new tools, and collaborating with data science and psychometrics teams.

You will own functionality from concept through delivery, adopt new processes, and work with leadership to ensure robust, secure software that meets customer needs. AWS hosting and R libraries are central to the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline, or equivalent on-the-job training.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and domains (R, data science, agentic AI cloud applications).
• 3-5 years relevant full-stack software development experience.
• Experience with development, maintenance, and testing of software following industry best practices.
• Experience with highly available, highly concurrent cloud-based Web applications.
• Some background in statistics is a plus.
• AWS hosted applications.
• R and R data science libraries.
• GitHub and GitHub-driven CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a new web application stack.
• Leverage and refine LLM-codegen processes to balance agility and quality.
• Develop and leverage agent-driven AI architectures.
• Work closely with customers and adapt tools to their needs.
• Develop psychometrics and data science-focused tools in R.
• Operate, extend and create cloud-based solutions in AWS.
• Develop and maintain code using best practices for maintainability, performance, security, and verifiability.
• Learn new processes, tools, and business domains.
• Work with engineering leadership to deliver timely, robust software adhering to best practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

Agile environment

Learning new technologies

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

R

Github CI/CD

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to analyze, design, implement, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions. This role involves building a new platform with a modern stack, learning new tools, and collaborating with data science and psychometrics teams.

You will own functionality from concept through delivery, adopt new processes, and work with leadership to ensure robust, secure software that meets customer needs. AWS hosting and R libraries are central to the role.