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Pearson · 1 week ago

Staff Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $180K/yr

5+ years exp

Pearson is a leading education company, and they are seeking an experienced Sr. Full-Stack Engineer. The role involves building end-to-end product capabilities across modern web experiences and cloud services, leveraging AI technology to expedite product development and ensure high-quality outcomes.

Digital MediaEducationBooksEdTechHigher Education

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build and ship end-to-end product experiences across modern web applications, owning delivery from early concept through production release and iteration

Rapidly prototype new concepts, validate feasibility and user value, and graduate successful prototypes into secure, scalable, maintainable production services for the first set of customers

Design and manage AI-powered capabilities across retrieval, context shaping, and personalization (RAG, context engineering, collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, etc.), balancing quality, safety, privacy, and latency

Build or leverage API-first, versioned REST microservices that expose domain capabilities in a consistent, reliable way across experiences

Apply AI agents and modern developer tooling to speed up development workflows, including scaffolding, code generation, evaluation, debugging, and test automation

Establish engineering clarity and alignment through strong technical communication and documentation (e.g., architecture briefs, API specs, runbooks, decision records)

Champion pragmatic software quality practices

code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, performance tuning, and cloud cost-aware design

Partner closely with Product, Design, Research, Data Science, and customer-facing teams to translate needs into working software that meets business outcomes

Ensure regulatory, compliance, security, and privacy expectations are met throughout development and release

Independently create a test strategy (unit/integration/e2e) aligned to risk, including security testing

Write architecture briefs and proposals (lightweight but clear), run experiments, and document tradeoffs

Integrate telemetry for performance, reliability, availability, and usage insights

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Full-stack web application developmentJavaScript frameworksReactNext.jsUI frameworksTailwindMUIAccessibility WCAG 2.2Design systemsREST API designAuthentication and authorizationAPI versioning.NETNode.jsPythonGraphQLDynamoDBSQLMongoDBRedisSQSSNSKafkaAWSServerless architectureContainerizationDockerKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesGitHub Actions

Required

5-8 years of professional software engineering experience, with substantial ownership of full-stack web applications shipped to production

Strong front-end engineering skills with modern JavaScript frameworks (React/Next.js preferred), UI frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, etc.), accessibility (WCAG 2.2), and scalable design systems

Strong backend engineering skills building APIs and services, including REST API design, authentication/authorization, and versioning strategies spanning service frameworks (.NET, Node.js, Python), API styles (REST/GraphQL), and supporting systems (DynamoDB/SQL/MongoDB, Redis, SQS/SNS, Kafka)

Hands-on expertise bootstrapping AWS, including designing, deploying, and operating production workloads (serverless and/or container-based), plus monitoring and cost controls

Experience designing or working within microservices and API-first architectures, including service boundaries, contracts, and integration patterns

Hands-on experience building, deploying, and operating services using containers (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or a managed equivalent), supported by CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tooling)

Applied experience building AI-enabled product features, including RAG or retrieval-based grounding approaches, with a mindset toward evaluation and quality measurement

Strong software engineering fundamentals

testing strategy, code quality, system design, observability, reliability, and incident-minded thinking

Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to navigate complexity, assess tradeoffs, and execute with confidence in ambiguous environments

Ability to collaborate across a large organization without direct authority, aligning stakeholders through clear communication and pragmatic technical leadership

Practical experience applying AI-assisted development workflows, including agents/subagents and tools like Claude Code, Devin, Ralph, and Builder.io, to rapidly build, test, and refine product features

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

Preferred

Experience in EdTech, learning science-informed product development, or regulated/high-trust user experiences; ideally with Ed-Fi–aligned Data Services

Experience with experimentation frameworks (feature flags, A/B testing) and product analytics to evaluate shipped work

Experience with eCommerce and related analytics tools and platforms (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig, Grafana, etc.)

Advanced degree or certifications (MBA or equivalent)

Benefits

Information on benefits offered is [here](https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/).

Company

Pearson

Glassdoor

3.7

Global learning company providing digital content, assessments, and qualifications.

Founded in 1998

London, England, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.pearson.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Pearson has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

*2023 (1)

2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$471.31M

2026-04-23Post Ipo Debt

• $471.31M

1969-08-13IPO

Leadership Team

Omar Abbosh

Chief Executive Officer

Liav Even-Chen

Chief Financial Officer (Pearson Israel)

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