PowerSchool

Senior Staff Software Engineer - IC5 (SOFENG - Software Engineering)

PowerSchool$119K — $198K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in building enterprise frameworks and orchestration using GenAI for legacy modernization.
  • Proficient with AWS services (EventBridge, Lambda, API Gateway) and hybrid networking solutions.
  • Hands-on experience with C# and .NET development.
  • Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs and orchestration frameworks.
  • Skilled in reading and interpreting legacy code (COBOL, 4GL) and mapping to modern relational databases.
  • Familiar with CI/CD pipeline automation (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical execution of the ERP modernization strategy with a focus on a modern architecture.
  • Design an asynchronous integration gateway using AWS tools and establish canonical data contracts.
  • Develop micro-frontend (MFE) applications with React and TypeScript, emphasizing user self-service features.
  • Create event schemas and robust publish/subscribe patterns for domain events via AWS services.
  • Engage in a SaaS platform consolidation strategy, promoting effective modernization practices.
  • Architect the integration layer connecting modernized services to legacy systems.
  • Implement testing frameworks to ensure financial and functional correctness across codebases.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, Life Insurance)
  • 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 (Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
  • Wellness Program including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Optional benefits such as Pet Insurance and Student Debt Repayment Program
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Description

We are establishing an ERP Platform team focused on modernizing our core architecture. This initiative encompasses a multi-year effort involving various components: an event-driven integration gateway, domain-driven APIs, contemporary MFE-based user interfaces, and a strategy to decommission legacy application layers.

We are seeking a high-impact Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical execution of our ERP modernization strategy. This is a "Builder-Architect" role focused on converting our core COBOL (BusinessPlus) and Genero (eFinancePlus) products into a modern, domain driven C#/.NET architecture.

You will not just be writing code; you will be building the Agentic Modernization Factory-a suite of AI-driven tools and pipelines that automate the translation, refactoring, and validation of legacy business logic at scale. You will also architect the "Unified Bridge" that allows our modernized services to operate seamlessly across 1,000+ customer instances, whether deployed in our cloud or on-premise.

Key Responsibilities:
    • Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EventBridge, Lambda, and API Gateway, along with expertise in hybrid networking solutions including PrivateLink, VPC, and Site-to-Site VPN.
    • Design an asynchronous integration gateway utilizing AWS tools, while establishing canonical data 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 and establish publish/subscribe patterns for domain events via EventBridge. Create connector Lambdas to facilitate event translation and integrate resilience patterns for robustness.
    • Engage in a comprehensive SaaS platform consolidation strategy by utilizing established integration patterns. Define and promote modernization practices that can be seamlessly adopted by different teams across the organization.


    • Design and develop the next generation of our enterprise ERP application platform. Responsibilities include modernizing legacy screens and building new UI components using React while integrating with .NET/C# backend APIs.
    • Hands-on experience with React (hooks, functional components, custom hooks).
    • Strong proficiency in TypeScript for type-safe frontend development.
    • Experience with state management solutions (Redux, React Query, etc.).
    • Deep understanding of reactive programming patterns.
    • Experience building complex enterprise UI components.
    • Familiarity with screen layout generators and dynamic UI rendering.
    • Ability to develop screen plugins and custom business logic for subsystems.
    • Create responsive layouts for fixed and fluid container patterns.
    • Experience with SCSS/SASS styling and theming for enterprise applications.
    • Understanding of data source patterns (CRUD operations, record navigation, validation).
    • Experience with unit testing using Jest, Karma, or Jasmine.


    • Experienced .NET Developer to design and build an enterprise-grade application.
    • Expert in Object-Oriented Design and SOLID principles.
    • Knowledge of Design Patterns: Repository, Unit of Work, Observer/Pub-Sub, Factory, Dependency Injection, Result Pattern.
    • Experience in developing repository layer for secure, auditable data access using ORM
    • Strong experience with LINQ and dynamic query building.


    • Build the AI Factory: Design and implement agentic workflows (using LLMs and orchestrators like Semantic Kernel) to automate the conversion of COBOL and Genero source code into clean, maintainable C#.
    • Architect Hybrid Connectivity: Build the integration layer (API Gateway, EventBridge, and SQS) that connects modernized C# services to legacy SQL Server and IMAGE databases across cloud and on-premise environments.
    • Implement Parity Automation: Develop "Golden Master" testing frameworks that run legacy and modern code in parallel to ensure 100% financial and functional correctness.
    • Modernize Service Interactions: Redesign point-to-point legacy integrations into a unified, event-driven backbone to improve system interoperability and "better together" outcomes.
    • Lead the "Paved Path": Create reusable patterns and shared services (e.g., Secure PII Payload handling) that other developers will use to modernize specific ERP domains like Employee and Finance.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
    • Expert with 8+ years of professional experience in building Enterprise Framework with extensive experience in Orchestration using GenAI to modernize legacy system. Hands-on experience with AWS services.
    • AWS Hybrid Cloud Mastery: Hands-on experience with AWS EventBridge, Lambda, API Gateway, and hybrid networking (PrivateLink, VPC, Site-to-Site VPN).
    • Hands-on experience with C# and .NET.
    • AI/LLM Integration: Proven experience building applications that leverage LLM APIs (OpenAI/Anthropic) or AI orchestration frameworks (Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar).
    • Legacy Data Fluency: Ability to read and interpret legacy code structures (COBOL copybooks or 4GL logic) and map them to modern relational schemas in SQL Server.
    • DevOps & Fleet Management: Experience building automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps) for deploying and managing software across a large fleet of customer instances.
Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience with AWS Blu Age or other automated legacy-to-cloud transformation tools.
    • Background in Fund Accounting or Public Sector ERP systems.
    • Experience implementing the Strangler Fig pattern in large-scale enterprise migrations.


Compensation & Benefits

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 $119,000 - $198,700 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

About PowerSchool

PowerSchool is an education technology company that provides a range of K-12 education solutions to schools around the world. The company's products include student information systems, learning management systems, assessment and analytics tools, and special education management systems. PowerSchool serves more than 45 million students and 12,000 schools in over 70 countries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Minnesota, USA.
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