Technical Lead – Cloud-Native Platform

Pearson; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership across one or more squads, guiding design and implementation of scalable software solutions for the remote proctoring platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives while collaborating with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, reliable software.

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.
• Partner with Product Managers and Business Analysts to refine requirements.
• Work closely with Quality Engineering to improve quality and automation.
• Coordinate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams on cloud-native solutions.
• Contribute to roadmap planning and technical estimation activities.
• Support platform modernization and technical debt reduction initiatives.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Communication

Agile

AI concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD tools

Observability & security tooling

Cursor / AI-assisted tools (preferred)

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership across one or more squads, guiding design and implementation of scalable software solutions for the remote proctoring platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives while collaborating with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, reliable software.