Software Engineer

Job Description

Overview At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere. Team Overview Our Research & Development (R&D) team is the technical talent at the heart of our product suite, overseeing the product development lifecycle from concept to delivery. From engineering to quality assurance to data science, the R&D team ensures our customers seamlessly use our products and can depend on their consistency. Responsibilities Role Overview We are hiring a Software Engineer to help build a new multi-tenant, cloud-native reporting and data platform, replacing the legacy single-tenant reporting system. This role is hands-on and highly technical, focusing on development, automation, and the use of AI to migrate and refactor business logic and report configurations. Key Responsibilities Build AWS serverless components using Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway and related services. Develop backend services and components using Python, TypeScript, and SQL. Write and optimize SQL for data access and reporting workloads; Snowflake experience is a plus. Implement AI-driven solutions to extract business logic from legacy code, generate new report parameter screens and metadata, and perform logic validation. Collaborate closely with Senior and Lead Engineers on architecture, design, and implementation plans. Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, monitoring, and performance optimization. Maintain high engineering