Staff Software Engineer

Pearson VUE

. Serve as the engineering voice for two or three delivery teams aligned to an initiative .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeColombo • Sri LankaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive engineering experience with a focus on cross-team collaboration, accountability for outcomes, and expertise in translating product intent into engineering solutions. Proficient in managing legacy systems and ensuring compliance with FERPA-sensitive data regulations.

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7+ Years Engineering ExperienceTest-Driven DevelopmentAI-Native PracticeLegacy System MigrationK-12 Domain Knowledge

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Hard Skills

C#/.NETT-SQLPostgreSQLAPI ManagementCloud ComputingData SecurityDevOpsSoftware DesignAutomated Code ReviewNegative Testing

Soft Skills

Stakeholder ManagementMentorshipDecision MakingInfluencingCross-Team Coordination

Tools & Technologies

AWSSQL ServerASP.NET WebFormsMVCAngularJSJQueryReactTypeScript.NET REST ServicesContainerized Modern .NET

Industry Keywords

FERPAPrivacy-Sensitive EnvironmentsRegulated EnvironmentsK-12 EducationAudit-Ready Access Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularASP.NETAWSCloudjQueryPostgresReactSQLTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the engineering voice for two or three delivery teams aligned to an initiative
Bridge delivery teams with Product, Discovery, Architecture, UX, Security, Compliance, and other stakeholders
Represent teams in four-in-a-box discovery and return shaped problems
Provide accountable feasibility answers to Product
Partner with the technical delivery manager to prioritize and sequence work
Hold the cross-team technical view and own interfaces and contracts
Detect and correct architectural drift
Conduct agentic generation batches across teams, coordinating interfaces, merge sequencing, and quality
Contribute engineering standards for automated code review
Own release requests and platform service tickets, including follow-up
Escalate unresolved blockers early
Enforce specification-first practice, contract-level tests, negative tests, and model-backed evaluations
Ensure automated merge gates are maintained
Maintain guardrails, human-in-the-loop fallback, and disclosure for student-, family-, teacher-, and school-facing surfaces
Author reusable skills, MCP servers, and machine-readable knowledge in the governed shared library
Coach engineers without formal management
Remain sufficiently involved in code to maintain technical credibility
Own domain understanding of Connexus student, enrollment, curriculum, assessment, progress, attendance, and school operations data
Lead migration and cutover sequencing, including legacy behavior analysis, reconciliation, rollback planning, and production-readiness validation
Translate legacy SQL Server, stored procedure, and .NET behavior into PostgreSQL schemas, APIs, events, and domain contracts
Apply policy-aware data access for K-12 systems, including FERPA-sensitive boundaries, externalized authorization, and audit-ready controls

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of engineering experience with production ownership
Experience working across several teams without formal authority
Ability to be accountable for outcomes not personally built
Experience translating between product intent and engineering reality
Demonstrated AI-native practice, including building and operating agents, authoring reusable skills or MCP servers, and reviewing AI-generated work
Test-driven development experience, including negative testing
Ability to read legacy C#/.NET and T-SQL for migration analysis
Experience in regulated or privacy-sensitive environments
K-12 and FERPA exposure is advantageous
Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience
Knowledge of API management, cloud computing, data security, DevOps, software design, AI agents, AutoAI, stakeholder management, requirements analysis, prioritization, influencing, decision making, mentorship, cross-team interface coordination, agentic batch conducting, reusable engineering tooling, machine-readable knowledge, and release/platform-service navigation
Ability to work with legacy ASP.NET WebForms, MVC, AngularJS, jQuery, SQL Server, React, TypeScript, .NET REST services, containerized modern .NET, AWS, PostgreSQL, APIs, events, and domain contracts
Knowledge of FERPA-sensitive data boundaries, externalized authorization, and audit-ready access controls

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid work arrangement
Full-time employment