Senior Software Engineer

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 youre 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.

• Summary

  We are seeking a senior software engineer to modernize a legacy COBOL-based ERP into C#/.NET using an AI-first approach and to build an agent-driven modernization workflow that enables repeatable conversion and rigorous validation at scale

  This role isAI-first by design: you will use modern AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to accelerate translation refactoring and test creation and you will operationalize them into afactoryintegrated with automated testing parity/reconciliation checks and clear mismatch reporting. You will own delivery of validated conversions and the agentic modernization factory with minimal oversight driving measurable progress throughthroughput parity pass rate and mismatch burn-down.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Developer to design and build an enterprise-grade application. Responsibilities include creating foundational components like modular architecture event-drivensystems repositorypatterns and LINQ capabilities for multiple applications. The role willbe responsible fordeveloping business processes using Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
  • Expert in Object-Oriented Design and SOLID principles.
  • Knowledge of Design Patterns: Repository Unit of Work Observer/Pub-Sub Factory Dependency Injection Result Pattern.
  • Proficient in Generics Reflection and Expression Trees for dynamic components.
  • Strong experience with LINQ and dynamic query building.
  • Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and domain events.
  • Experience indevelopingrepository layer for secure auditable data accessusing ORM
  • Experience writing comprehensive test suites for components.

  
  

  • Hands-on experience with AWS services such asEventBridge Lambda and API Gateway along withexpertisein hybrid networking solutions includingPrivateLink VPC and Site-to-Site VPN.
  • Design an asynchronous integration gatewayutilizingAWS tools whileestablishingcanonicaldata contracts. This includes developing adapters for data normalization and defining API conventions across various endpoints.
  • Implement micro-frontend (MFE) applications using React and TypeScript with an emphasis on user self-service functionalities. Ensure comprehensive deployment and validation within a specified testing framework.
  • Develop event schemas andestablishpublish/subscribe patterns for domain events viaEventBridge. Create connector Lambdas tofacilitateevent translation and integrate resilience patterns for robustness.
  • Analyze and understand legacyCOBOL Genero 4JSprograms (batch jobs online programs copybooks file processing and business rules).
  • Translate and modernize into clean maintainableC#/.NETaligned to agreed architecture patterns.
  • Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate translation/refactoring/test generation applying human judgment and review to ensure correctness.
  • Buildanagenticfactory forSelf-Correction Loopsthat cananalyze test failures look back at the source code in Cobol or Genero and autonomously refactorc#fix.
  • Automated test generation and execution
  • Output diffing and reconciliation (legacy vs modern)
  • Deterministic runs and clear mismatch reporting
  • Preserve fund accounting correctness (allocations accruals period processing balancing rules and auditability).
  • Reconcile legacy data access patterns withSQLServer inrelational schemas and modern data access practices.
  • Identifyand remediate platform assumptions from HP MPE UNIX emulation file handling and batch scheduling.
  • Debug parity mismatches and performance issues; drive fixes to achieve functional equivalence.
  • Collaborate with SMEs QA and stakeholders to clarify requirements and edge cases.
  • Document migrated components assumptions and modernization decisions.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of professional software development experience.

• Strong hands-on experience withC# .

• Hands-on experience with AWS services.

• Ability to read and understandCOBOLto accurately translate business logic.

• Strong experience withSQL Serverand relational database concepts.

• Experience usingAI-powered codingassistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor) andPrompt Engineeringin a professional context (translation refactoring test generation automated review) with the ability tovalidateand correct outputs.

• Experience building automation workflows/pipelinesthat orchestrate multi-step processes (e.g. translate refactor generate tests run reconcile report) and integrate with CI

• Strong analytical debugging and problem-solving skills; comfort working with incomplete legacy documentation.

• Experience building parity harnessesDeterministic TestingorProperty-Based Testingto match the source and destination results to the last decimal point.(golden master snapshot tests reconciliation tooling).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modernization or large-scale migration projects.

• Fund accounting / public-sector finance / financial systems domain experience.

• Familiarity withEnterprise Resource Planning applications.

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 $92800 - $170300 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicants skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures degrees and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

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