Software Engineer III — AI-Driven Web Platform (AWS)

Pearson; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to design, implement, and test a new platform using a modern stack and agile processes.

The role emphasizes rapid learning of new tools (R, AI, LLM codegen) and close collaboration with customers to tailor solutions. You will contribute to data science–oriented tooling and cloud-based solutions on AWS, with a focus on quality, performance, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent tech 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 big 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.
• Possess the ability to quickly learn new processes, tools, and business domains.
• Work with engineering leadership to deliver timely, robust software adhering to best practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

AWS cloud experience

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Github

CI/CD

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Engineer to design, implement, and test a new platform using a modern stack and agile processes.

The role emphasizes rapid learning of new tools (R, AI, LLM codegen) and close collaboration with customers to tailor solutions. You will contribute to data science–oriented tooling and cloud-based solutions on AWS, with a focus on quality, performance, and maintainability.