Pearson

Staff Software Engineer

IN, USPosted 11 days ago

Job Description

Role: Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact, scalable web applications while shaping the technical direction of the team. You will serve as a trusted technical leader, driving architectural excellence, mentoring engineers, and accelerating development through AI-first engineering practices. This role requires a balance of hands-on development, system design, and cross-team influence to deliver resilient, high-quality solutions in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

  • Own the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and high-performing web application architectures
  • Lead complex feature delivery across systems, ensuring alignment with long-term platform strategy
  • Act as a technical advisor to engineering and product leadership on design trade-offs and implementation approaches
  • Drive engineering best practices across code quality, testing, observability, and system reliability

AI-First Engineering Transformation

  • Champion AI-powered development by actively leveraging tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, LLM platforms) to enhance productivity
  • Define standards and best practices for AI-assisted coding, test generation, and design-to-code workflows
  • Lead adoption of generative AI and LLM integrations into enterprise applications and engineering processes
  • Partner with teams to operationalize AI-driven workflows and improve development efficiency at scale

Development & Delivery

  • Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications with a focus on performance, usability, and reliability
  • Contribute high-quality, production-grade code across frontend, backend, and APIs
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including microservices, cloud-native development, and CI/CD

Mentorship & Influence

* Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, fostering technical gr...

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