Senior Software Engineer

Pearson is a lifelong learning company focused on helping people realize their potential through learning. The Senior Software Engineer will provide technical leadership for development squads supporting Pearson VUE's OnVUE remote proctoring platform, leading scalable software design and implementation, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence. The role also involves architectural discussions, cross-functional collaboration, cloud-native development, and successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

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

Requirements:

• Demonstrated technical leadership with a strong focus on engineering quality and continuous improvement
• Strong software design and system architecture skills
• Experience with cloud-based DevOps workflows and CI/CD environments
• Experience building highly available and scalable enterprise applications
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience mentoring developers and building high-performing engineering teams
• 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
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and machine learning concepts is preferred
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or comparable platforms is preferred
• Experience with application security, observability, and performance engineering is preferred
• Experience supporting accessibility compliance initiatives and WCAG standards is preferred