Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack – Frontend Focus)
Location: Bangalore / Chennai (Hybrid)
Experience: 6+ Years
About Pearson plc
Pearson is a global leader in digital learning, committed to helping people make progress through education. With millions of learners worldwide, Pearson is transforming its platforms into cloud-native, scalable, and AI-powered systems, redefining the future of learning experiences.
Role Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack – Frontend Focus), you will play a key role in building intuitive, scalable, and high-performance user-facing applications, while contributing to robust backend systems.
You will take ownership of frontend architecture and user experience, while also working across the stack to deliver end-to-end solutions. This role combines strong UI engineering expertise with solid backend fundamentals, making it ideal for engineers who enjoy building impactful products used by millions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build modern, responsive, and high-performance frontend applications using React.js
- Develop and maintain scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices
- Drive frontend architecture decisions, including performance optimization, state management, and component design
- Ensure clean, maintainable code using best practices (SOLID, Clean Code, DDD, BDD)
- Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless user experiences
- Lead code reviews and mentor engineers on frontend and full stack best practices
- Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and accessibility
- Promote adoption of AI tools and automation to improve developer productivity
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments
- Maintain clear documentation (JIRA, design docs, technical specs)
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in React.js / Angular , JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript
- Solid experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices Architecture
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, and UX principles
- Experience with state management (Redux / Context API)
- Hands-on experience with Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Experience with Docker & Kubernetes
- Strong exposure to CI/CD (GitHub Actions preferred)
- Experience with REST APIs and API integrations
- Familiarity with databases (MongoDB / SQL)
- Strong knowledge of OOP, Design Patterns, and System Design
Good to Have
- Experience with Kotlin
- Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka)
- Experience with serverless (AWS Lambda)
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
- Experience working on large-scale distributed systems
Preferred Background
- Experience in the EdTech domain is a strong plus
- Exposure to building learning platforms, assessment systems, or user-centric educational products
What We’re Looking For
- Strong problem-solving and system design mindset
- Ability to take end-to-end ownership of features and systems
- Passion for building exceptional user experiences
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Interest in mentoring and elevating engineering standards across teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science / engineering or equivalent
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in full stack development (frontend-heavy)
Why Join Pearson?
- Build products impacting millions of learners globally
- Be part of a cloud and AI transformation journey
- High ownership with strong technical influence
- Culture focused on learning, innovation, and growth
Skills Required
- React.js
- Angular
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- TypeScript
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Microservices Architecture
- Frontend architecture, performance optimization, and UX principles
- State management (Redux / Context API)
- Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- REST APIs and API integrations
- Databases (MongoDB / SQL)
- OOP, Design Patterns, and System Design
- Bachelor's degree in computer science / engineering or equivalent
- 6+ years hands-on experience in full stack development (frontend-heavy)
- Kotlin
- Event-driven architecture (Kafka)
- Serverless (AWS Lambda)
- AI-assisted development tools
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems
- Experience in the EdTech domain
What We Do
We are the world’s learning company with more than 22,500 employees operating in 70 countries. We provide content, assessment and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments and other partners globally. We are committed to helping equip learners with the skills they need to enhance their employability prospects and to succeed in the changing world of work. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.
