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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Pearson
- **Location:** Hoboken, NJ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Production Code
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3348133271&tx=JP4741FFF&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* A creative entrepreneur energized by building something from nothing.
 * A natural connector who builds trust and brings people along.
 * A product thinker with a real technical foundation.
 * A storyteller who turns complex AI into clear business value.
 * A believer in the mission - you want your work to help people realize the life they imagine through learning., * A proven zero-to-one record: you've taken ideas from blank page to a live, adopted solution, and owned them through iteration and improvement.
 * Enough technical depth in AI and agentic systems to make real build decisions, scope what's feasible, and partner credibly with engineers - without needing to write production code yourself.
 * Strong product sense and UX/architecture instinct: you can shape both what gets built and how it should feel and fit together.
 * The delivery skills to orchestrate moving parts, manage stakeholders, and ship reliably against a plan.
 * Clear, persuasive communication: you can turn a complex agentic capability into a story that wins stakeholders and drives adoption - and you measure the value you create.

## Description

Live Our Purpose: You align your values, actions, and goals with Pearson's mission. You inspire others by articulating a compelling vision, connecting daily work to our broader purpose, and making decisions that reflect a deep understanding of our strategy.

Simplify the Complexity: You navigate ambiguity and distill complexity into clear, actionable plans. You help teams understand how their work contributes to strategic goals, enabling focus, clarity, and effective execution in a dynamic environment.

Carry Our Culture: You foster a culture of customer centricity, high performance, and exceptional collaboration. You lead with integrity, empower others, and build inclusive, high-performing teams that reflect Pearson's values and behaviors.

Deliver Results: You set ambitious goals and execute with quality, precision, and speed. You hold yourself and others accountable for outcomes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and delivering measurable impact for learners and stakeholders.

What You'll Do

 * Incubate Zero-to-One Solutions
 * Spot high-impact opportunities and turn them into agentic solutions - from first concept to real, adopted impact.
 * Own your solutions end to end and keep making them better.

Own the Service

 * Act as the go-to owner for your agentic solutions - shaping the vision, shepherding them through their lifecycle, and ensuring they deliver lasting value.
 * Partner with teams across the business to understand their needs and translate them into solutions people love to use.

Build Trust & Drive Adoption

 * Champion safe, responsible and accountable use of AI agents across the organization.
 * Bring stakeholders on the journey - building the excitement and confidence that turns pilots into everyday tools.

Measure What Matters

 * Track and tell the story of the value your solutions create, from time saved to new ways of working., * 5+ years across some mix of product management, solution or service ownership, technical program management, R&D or innovation - ideally more than one of these.


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