Senior Software Engineer I
PowerSchool Group LLC11 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$80k - $137k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software applications and services.
- Own delivery of complex features, services, or components and make sound technical decisions.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate business and user needs into scalable, performant, and maintainable solutions.
- Contribute to system design, architecture, technical tradeoffs, and implementation approaches.
- Use AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, documentation, testing, and analysis.
- Participate in code reviews and uphold coding standards, quality expectations, and secure development practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software defects, performance issues, and reliability concerns.
- Contribute throughout the software development lifecycle, from requirements and design through release and support.
- Create and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and other validation approaches.
- Apply software design principles, patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
- Improve development workflows, automation, observability, and engineering efficiency.
- Explore practical applications for emerging AI and machine learning capabilities.
- Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and modeling strong engineering practices.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant and related work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
- Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages such as TypeScript, Java, C#, or Python.
- Experience delivering production-grade software and independently owning significant features or technical components.
- Ability to analyze diverse technical problems and apply sound judgment to identify effective solutions.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and software quality.
- Ability to use AI tools responsibly with attention to security, privacy, reliability, maintainability, and human oversight.
- Experience with modern software development practices, version control, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and Agile or Kanban methodologies.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
- Familiarity with SQL and database concepts; hands-on database experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with OWASP threats, mitigation techniques, and secure coding practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with limited day-to-day supervision.
- Additional experience may substitute for an advanced degree.
- Ability to travel occasionally, up to 5–10%, and participate in company on-call policies.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life insurance, and AD&D coverage.
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Comprehensive 401(k) plan.
- Generous parental leave.
- Unrestricted paid time off through Discretionary Time Off (DTO).
- Wellness program including ClassPass and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Optional pet insurance, identity theft protection, student debt repayment, and prepaid legal coverage.
- United States-based position with occasional travel of up to 5–10% and on-call work as needed.
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