PowerSchool is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic PowerSchool International team
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the R&D efforts of PowerSchool portfolio of products targeting various countries across the globe
Additionally, you will play a significant role in building framework components for Internationalization in various technologies, with a primary focus on Java and React JavaScript
You will join an A gile team of developers within the SchoolMessenger organization
Tens of thousands of schools depend on SchoolMessenger products to achieve their communications goals
From notifications and websites to digital forms, attendance management, two-way chat messaging and more, SchoolMessenger solutions help school administrators connect with people in multiple languages and on any device
Be a part of our growing success
This position, under the general direction of t he Manager, Software Engineering, will b e responsible for technical and development support for our award-winning K-12 software
This role will implement, code, build, and test new features, m aintain existing features, and develop reports that will include components, data models, customization, and reporting features for our products
Additionally, this position will gather and refine requirements, develop designs, implement, test and document solutions to produce the highest quality product and customer satisfaction
Responsibilities
Lead a software development project from inception to delivery
Be both a highly technical hands-on coder and effective at mentorship
Coach and mentor team members for skill development and experience
Works to increase team efficiency and effectiveness in order to achieve long term goals
Participates in hiring of new team members
Analyze performance and develop improvements to performance of web application .
Perform upgrades to 3rd party libraries and tools used by the web application
Implement new web application software features and products following best practices such as authoring of unit tests, writing maintainable code, applying established patterns and algorithms
Specialize in client and server side web application development as a member of a project team. Preference for familiarity with the full technical stack.
Develop software to support internal initiatives, tools, 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
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
6+ years experience in software engineer role
0-2 year s prior experience leading a team
bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Technologies required or equivalent experience
Knowledge of current web client technologies including demonstrable proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery .
Recent experience using React JavaScript and TypeScript
Recent experience and in depth k nowledge of Java and Spring
Advanced knowledge of current web client technologies, including the ability to demonstrate proficiency in various forms, including, but not limited to: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, and Java 9+
Proficient in MySQL databases, DynamoDB, database design, and query optimization experience a plus
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS; Azure, is a plus.
Strong knowledge of essential build tools, including IDE, CI-CD, test automation, static code analysis, etc
Familiar with OWASP threats and mitigation techniques
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong ability to work with current software design principles and concepts such as patterns, algorithms, data structures, dependency injection, MV**, SOA, n-tier architecture
Strong ability to handle a heavy workload with multiple projects and frequent interruptions
Strong ability to work in a changing, dynamic environment
