Senior Software Engineer

Role: Senior Software Engineer (React/.NET/Azure)

Location: Bangalore or Chennai, India About Pearson: Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, dedicated to helping people make progress in their lives through education. We deliver high-quality content, assessments, and digital services to learners, educators, and institutions globally. Our mission is to empower every learner to achieve their potential.

About UK Assessment & Qualifications We are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres. Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification, in a highly regulated business. We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable and resilient services.

About the job As a Senior Software Engineer, you will leverage your deep technical expertise to design, build, and optimize complex modules of critical business applications using

.Net as your primary technology and

React as your secondary stack. You’ll drive technical direction on high-impact projects, mentor peers, and deliver scalable, reliable solutions using AWS, Azure, Docker, and modern AI technologies. Your work will directly influence the performance, resilience, and user experience of our digital products, supporting learners and educators worldwide

About you We’d expect that you can demonstrate delivery of several business-critical projects as a full-stack developer, developing solutions that provide real benefit to users, and working in an Agile project delivery environment using Scrum or Kanban.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Develop of cloud-native applications using

C#/.NET Core and

Azure services .

• Architect and implement

microservices ,

RESTful/GraphQL APIs , and

event-driven systems .

• Build and maintain responsive user interfaces using

ReactJS , ensuring seamless integration with backend services.

• Collaborate with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines using

Azure DevOps ,

GitHub Actions , or

Terraform .

• Mentor junior developers and contribute to code reviews, technical design, and best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to define requirements, estimate and plan tasks, and deliver applications into production.
• Providing support and troubleshooting the production issues
• Ensure application performance, scalability, security and ethical standards in cloud environments.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning and backlog grooming.
• Document all work using required standards, methods, and tools.
• Recommend and implement improvements to development processes and tools.
• Integrate AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) into development workflows for productivity

Key Skills & Experience

• Professional experience in .NET development (C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework).
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure services: App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, etc.
• Proficiency in TDD, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure-as-code.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design principles, system integration, API management, and unit testing.
• Understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, including generative AI, large language models, and AI-powered automation.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools is a plus.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Desirable Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Expert).
• Experience developing shared libraries or reusable components is a plus.
• Familiarity with backend integration, cloud platforms, and containerization.

Job Location and Hours The role is aligned to our Bangalore or Chennai offices in India, working a 45 hour week. All our roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to work from their base office 3 times per week. For this role there is a requirement to provide occasional out of hours support during business critical periods.

Who we are: At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Req ID: 24203