Senior Software Engineer

Pearson•Durham, NC

4d•$95,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Technology Solutions to join AgentOps — the team on a mission to make Pearson the world’s best symbiotic workforce, where world-class experts and cutting-edge AI agents collaborate and learn together to deliver on Pearson’s promise. AI is rewiring how the world works — including how people learn and how the work of learning gets done. Pearson’s purpose is to help people realize the life they imagine through learning, and delivering on that promise at global scale depends on freeing our experts to do their best, most human work. That’s why AgentOps exists: to build a symbiotic workforce where Pearson’s people and cutting-edge AI agents work side by side — so the company can move faster, serve learners better, and lead this new era rather than react to it. In this role, you’ll own the agentic solutions that reinvent how Pearson works. As a key member of AgentOps at OCTO and Pearson, you will be expected to embody, and role model our leadership dimensions: Live Our Purpose, Simplify the Complexity, Carry Our Culture, and Deliver Results.

Requirements

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.
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.

Responsibilities

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.