Associate Software Engineer

Overview

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.

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:

• Design, build, and maintain features for customer-facing web applications using React, TypeScript, and modern state management patterns within a micro-frontend architecture.
• Leverage AI coding agents as a first-line collaborator for implementation, refactors, test authoring, and pull request generation.
• Author and maintain automated test suites (unit tests, behavior-driven scenarios) to validate application functionality and user-facing workflows.
• Build and consume backend APIs and services that power core product functionality, session management, and integration with other systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, QA, and other engineering teams to translate requirements into working, tested functionality.
• Debug and resolve production and non-production issues across the full stack, from front-end integration conflicts to backend service errors.
• Participate in code reviews, using AI-assisted review and code quality tooling to uphold consistency and engineering standards.
• Continuously improve engineering velocity by adopting and refining AI-agentic workflows into the daily development lifecycle.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 year or less of relevant and related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Travel occasionally, up to 5-10%, for key moments such as team summits, training, conferences, etc., with increased frequency during peak periods based on business demands.
• This position is subject to company on call policies which constitutes working hours outside of the normal workday as needed.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience using AI coding assistants/agents in a professional software development workflow, including prompt-driven code generation, review, and iteration.
• Proficiency in full-stack development, including Java (or equivalent backend language/framework) and modern JavaScript/TypeScript front-end frameworks (e.g., React).
• Experience with Git-based version control and collaborative pull request workflows.
• Working knowledge of automated testing practices (unit testing frameworks and/or behavior-driven testing).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or maintaining AI-agentic developer workflows - e.g., configuring AI agent instructions, custom prompts/agents, or automation that scopes builds/tests to changed code.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and evaluating/iterating on AI-generated code for quality, security, and maintainability.
• Experience with micro-frontend architectures and module federation.
• Familiarity with modern state management libraries (e.g., Redux/Redux Toolkit).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and monorepo tooling at scale.

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

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.

EEO Commitment

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 [email protected].