Software Engineer III

Pearson•Bloomington, MN

1d•$100,000 - $130,000

About The Position

This Software Engineer position is responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing, unit testing, and quality engineering to produce and maintain high-quality software solutions. The role offers an opportunity to develop a new platform from its early stages using a new technology stack and processes. It requires rapidly learning new languages, business domains such as data science and psychometrics, and processes such as LLM code generation and agentic AI development. The ideal candidate takes high-level ownership of functionality, elicits requirements, fills gaps, and carries out quality processes with limited reliance on business analysts or QA engineers. They adapt to new ways of working, welcome new challenges, and can demonstrate relevant past work and successes. The engineer will develop and support a new web application stack, refine LLM-code-generation processes, build agent-driven AI architectures, work with customers to adapt tools to their needs, develop psychometrics and data-science tools in R, and operate, extend, and create cloud solutions in AWS. The role also involves maintaining code for maintainability, performance, security, and verifiability; learning new processes, tools, and domains; and working with engineering leadership to deliver robust software on time and according to best practices. The current technology stack includes AWS-hosted applications; Go, Postgres, TypeScript, Vue.js, PrimeVue, and D3; R and R data-science libraries; GitHub and GitHub-driven CI/CD; and heavily LLM-driven development. The position is full-time, with a salary range of $100,000–$130,000 and eligibility to participate in an annual incentive program. Applications will be taken until 11/2.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or an equivalent technology discipline, or equivalent on-the-job training.
Willingness to learn new technologies and domains, including R, data science, and agentic AI cloud applications.
3–5 years of relevant full-stack software development experience.
Experience developing, maintaining, and testing software according to industry best practices.
Experience with highly available, highly concurrent cloud-based web applications.
Ability to think technically and analytically and understand the philosophy of architecture.
Ability to assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience, and provide solution alternatives and recommendations.
Strong time-management skills, including working under pressure, planning, setting priorities, adapting to change, and meeting timelines.
Self-starter with attention to detail.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work and excel within a team.

Nice To Haves

Background in statistics.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Desire to expand knowledge across development languages, applications, and tools.

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, implement, unit test, and perform quality engineering for software solutions.
Develop and support a new web application stack.
Leverage and refine LLM-code-generation processes to balance agility and quality.
Develop and leverage agent-driven AI architectures.
Work closely with customers and adapt tools to their needs.
Develop psychometrics- and data-science-focused tools in R.
Operate, extend, and create cloud-based solutions in AWS.
Develop and maintain code using best practices for maintainability, performance, security, and verifiability.
Learn new processes, tools, and business domains quickly.
Work with engineering leadership to deliver timely, robust software adhering to best practices.
Take ownership of functionality, elicit requirements, fill gaps, and execute quality processes.