Software Engineer

At PowerSchool, we power education for students around the world. As the global leader in cloud-based K-12 software, we support the full education ecosystem—from the central office to the classroom to the home. Joining PowerSchool means being part of a mission-driven team that is transforming K-12 education by helping schools operate more effectively and deliver better outcomes for educators, students, and families.

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.

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:

• Working with Product to translate product requirements into discreete, testable tasks
• Understand all ongoing work across teams well enough to intelliigently take part in code reviews per day
• Developing code and completing tasks in tandem with AI tools
• Consistently asking questions and critically looking at all our processes with fresh eyes
• Being an advocate for quality by calling out unclear or unsound code and tests
• Collaboratively building and improving shared tools and processes for the wider team
• Occasionally investigating issues in Production systems or data in response to internal or customer questions

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant and related work experience.
• This position is subject to company on call policies which constitutes working hours outside of the normal workday as needed.
• Professional experience with functional programming (Elixir, Erlang, Scala, F#, etc..) or modern statically typed languages (Rust, Go, Zig, etc..) developing web applications
• Experience with PostgreSQL profiling and optimization in production environments
• Comfortable working in a Full-Stack environment where work may involve CSS/JS, Backend Code, and occasional DevOps & Monitoring tasks
• Familiarity with self-directed Agentic Development

• Elixir / Phoenix LiveView experience
• Familiarity with A11Y standards and tooling
• Knowledge of Budgeting and Accounting terminology and principals

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 accomodations@powerschool.com.