Senior software engineer

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

We are establishing an ERP Platform team to modernize our core architecture and transition legacy COBOL and Genero applications into a modern domain-driven C#/.NET platform.

We are seeking a high-impact Staff Software Engineer (Builder-Architect) to lead the technical execution of this modernization. This role combines deep software engineering with platform architecture and AI-assisted modernization.

You will design and build the Agentic Modernization Factory—a suite of AI-driven workflows that automate translation, refactoring, and validation of legacy business logic. At the same time, you will help architect the next-generation ERP platform using modern .NET services, event-driven integrations, and micro-frontend user interfaces.

Your day-to-day job will consist of: Legacy Modernization

• Analyze and understand legacy COBOL (BusinessPlus) and Genero (eFinancePlus) applications including batch jobs, business rules, copybooks, and file processing.
• Translate legacy logic into clean, maintainable C#/.NET aligned with modern architecture patterns.
• Identify and remediate platform assumptions from HP MPE, UNIX emulation, file systems, and batch schedulers.
• Reconcile legacy data access patterns with SQL Server relational schemas and modern ORM practices.
• Preserve financial correctness including fund accounting, allocations, accruals, and auditability.

Build the AI Modernization Factory

• Design agentic workflows that automate COBOL/Genero translation into C#.
• Implement pipelines for:
• automated code translation
• automated test generation
• output diffing and reconciliation
• deterministic execution
• mismatch detection and reporting
• Build self-correction loops that analyze test failures and refactor generated code.
• Implement Golden Master testing frameworks to validate parity between legacy and modern systems.

Platform Architecture & Integration

• Architect an event-driven integration platform using AWS services including:
• EventBridge
• Lambda
• API Gateway
• SQS
• Design an asynchronous integration gateway with canonical data contracts.
• Establish publish/subscribe domain event patterns across ERP services.
• Build hybrid connectivity across cloud and on-premise environments using:
• PrivateLink
• VPC
• Site-to-Site VPN
• Create reusable modernization patterns and shared platform services.

Modern Application Development

• Design and build enterprise backend services using C#/.NET.
• Implement architecture patterns including:
• Domain-Driven Design
• Repository and Unit of Work
• Dependency Injection
• Event-driven messaging
• Build micro-frontend applications using React and TypeScript.
• Develop reusable enterprise UI components and dynamic screen frameworks.
• Implement robust automated testing across services and UI.

Key Technologies

• C# / .NET
• React / TypeScript
• AWS (EventBridge, Lambda, API Gateway)
• SQL Server
• Domain-Driven Design
• AI-assisted development workflows

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience building enterprise applications.
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET, including experience designing and developing scalable backend services.
• Experience designing and implementing event-driven or distributed systems.
• Experience working with relational databases (SQL Server or similar) and modern data access patterns.
• Demonstrated experience applying object-oriented design principles and common design patterns (e.g., Repository, Dependency Injection, Pub/Sub).
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and building API-driven services.
• Experience developing automated tests and working within CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to analyze and refactor large or legacy codebases and translate business logic into modern architectures.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on complex technical initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with COBOL or legacy ERP systems.
• Experience with React and TypeScript or modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience implementing Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Experience with AWS services such as EventBridge, Lambda, API Gateway, or SQS.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools or LLM orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with financial systems, fund accounting, or enterprise ERP platforms.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation & Benefits

PowerSchool Offers The Following Benefits

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Comprehensive 401(k) plan
• Generous Parental Leave
• Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
• Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $92,800 - $170,300 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

EEO Commitment

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing [email protected].