Principal Software Engineer, AI Innovation

**Job Title:** Principal Software Engineer, AI Innovation
**Career Architecture Role:** Software Engineer
**Career Architecture Tier:** E35 (Principal, Expert Track)
**Job Summary:**
This is a founding engineer role in a new, innovation-focused team being built from scratch within Pearson's Enterprise Innovation function. The mission of the team is to drive early-stage, high-impact innovation initiatives: solving customer problems, supporting strategic deals, and co-innovating with external partners.
You will lead the design and delivery of advanced AI solutions, collaborate with partners and product leaders to co-innovate, assess technical feasibility, and drive architecture decisions for high-impact, ambiguous, early-stage projects.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, assess, and co-develop AI-driven innovation opportunities.
+ Shape and prototype early-stage ideas, taking undefined problems and helping defi...