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
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:
- Software Development: Utilize your expertise in React, JavaScript, TypeScript to build responsive and user-friendly web applications.
- API Development: Apply your knowledge of Node.js, AWS Services to create robust APIs that integrate seamlessly with educational platforms.
- AWS Cloud/Serverless: Leverage your experience with AWS services to deploy and manage scalable applications that support K-12 education.
- Agile/Scrum Process: Participate in an Agile development environment, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
- Troubleshooting: Demonstrate excellent troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve technical issues promptly.
- Communication: Effectively communicate with team members, stakeholders, and clients to ensure successful, on-time project delivery.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2+ years of relevant and related work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in working with React, Node, Typescript and building scalable APIs
- Strong understanding of React hooks, state management, and component-based architecture.
- Strong understanding of software design principles and best practices.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- A mindset focused on clean code, testing, and scalability.
- Good time management skills to deliver features on schedule.
