Lead Software Engineer 2

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.

Description

The Software Engineering team is a group of full stack developers who design, develop, and maintain our products, tools, and infrastructure.

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable and efficient technical solutions to complex business problems. 

• Analyze and enhance the performance of web applications. 

• Perform upgrades to third-party libraries and tools used by the web application. 

• Develop new web application features and products, adhering to best practices such as unit testing, writing maintainable code, and applying established patterns and algorithms. 

• Lead design discussions and code reviews to ensure high-quality software development. 

• Specialize in server-side web application development with a preference for familiarity with both front-end and back-end development. 

• Develop software to support internal initiatives, tools, and update framework and application functionality. 

• Work as part of an Agile SCRUM team in the planning, scoping, estimation, and execution of technical solutions. 

• Work within a wide range of new and legacy code and technologies in a mature codebase. 

• Collaborate effectively with QA, Design, and PM teams to ensure seamless project execution. 
• Mentor and groom team members, providing guidance and support to enhance their technical skills and career growth. 
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant and related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Additional experience may be substitute for an advanced Degree.
• 8+ years of development experience  
• Strong understanding and experience with Functional Programming aspects. 
• Advanced proficiency in Scala or any other functional programming language 
• Experience with effect libraries (like Cats-Effect) and developing Scala APIs . 
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (preferably TypeScript) and experience with Node and/or React.js. 
• Expertise in designing data persistence and caching concepts using both SQL and NoSQL DBMS (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, etc.). 
• Extensive experience with cloud services, particularly AWS (Lambda, SES, SQS, EC2, RDS, ELB’s, and VPCs). 
• Experience and willingness to assist with developing serverless architecture. 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. 

Preferred Qualifications

• http4s & tapir a plus
• AWS certification is a plus

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 accomodations@powerschool.com.

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