Technical Lead - Cloud-Native Software Engineer

Pearson

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 135,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership for one or more product development squads supporting the remote proctoring platform. You will lead design and implementation of scalable software, mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

You will guide architecture, collaborate with Product Managers, QA, and DevOps, and promote modern development practices to deliver secure, reliable,

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 design
System architecture
Cloud-based DevOps workflows
CI/CD
Communication
Mentoring/leadership
ML concepts familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Cursor
Claude
GitHub Copilot
Observability tools

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Software Development Lead for the OnVUE team to provide technical leadership for one or more product development squads supporting the remote proctoring platform. You will lead design and implementation of scalable software, mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

You will guide architecture, collaborate with Product Managers, QA, and DevOps, and promote modern development practices to deliver secure, reliable,

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