Lead Software Engineer - Austin/Plano
PowerSchool · United States · Yesterday
RemoteRemoteEngineering$93k–$170k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design for a new multi-tenant reporting platform built on AWS serverless technologies.
- Provide hands-on development using Python, TypeScript, SQL, and AWS services including Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway and others.
- Develop AI-driven pipelines that extract, translate, and validate business logic and report parameter screens from the legacy platform.
- Define coding standards, best practices, and development patterns across the engineering team.
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers; conduct design and code reviews.
- Partner with Product, Data, QA, and Architecture teams to align technical and business requirements.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging AI technologies and frameworks to optimize automation capabilities.
- Ensure platform scalability, security, tenant isolation, and operational excellence.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience with AWS serverless architectures.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
- Prior experience with AI for code generation, metadata extraction, or workflow automation.
- Strong SQL background; Snowflake experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience building or integrating AI-driven systems (LLMs, embeddings, AI agents, transformation pipelines).
- Solid experience with distributed systems, data pipelines, or modernizing legacy platforms.
- Proven leadership in technical strategy and mentoring.