Tech Lead — Cloud-Native Software Engineer (OnVUE)

Pearson; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership across one or more squads, shaping scalable, secure, cloud-native software for the remote proctoring platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with product, quality, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions while advancing engineering standards and modern practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or lead developer experience.
• Strong experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
• Experience leading Agile engineering teams.
• Experience working within cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineers across one or more development squads.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to team members.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices.
• Drive code quality, maintainability, security, and performance standards.
• Lead technical design sessions and architectural discussions.
• Collaborate with Product Architects to ensure alignment with platform strategy.
• Design, develop, and deliver enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Develop new features and technical enhancements across the OnVUE platform.
• Create scalable and maintainable system designs.
• Participate in complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and technical assessments.
• Support release planning and deployment activities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Software architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

AI/LLMs familiarity

Security & observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

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GitHub Copilot

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership across one or more squads, shaping scalable, secure, cloud-native software for the remote proctoring platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with product, quality, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions while advancing engineering standards and modern practices.