Sr . software Engineer / Technical Lead @ PowerSchool

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Lead a software development project and manage software development from inception to delivery

Be both a highly technical hands-on coder and effective at mentorship

Coach and mentor team members for skill development and experience

Establish goals and objectives for the team that aligns with the overall roadmap and delivery schedules

Works to increase team efficiency and effectiveness in order to achieve long term goals

Participates in hiring of new team members

Performs any HR related tasks

Analyze performance and develop improvements to performance of web application.

Perform upgrades to 3rd party libraries and tools used by the web application

Implement new web application software features and products following best practices such as authoring of unit tests, writing maintainable code, applying established patterns and algorithms

Specialize in client or server side web application development as a member of a project team. Preference for familiarity with the full technical stack.

Develop software to support internal initiatives, tools, update framework and application functionality

Work as part of an Agile SCRUM team in the planning, scoping, estimation and execution of technical solutions

Work within a wide range of new and legacy code and technologies in a mature codebase

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications include: 6 years? experience in software engineer role

0-2 year?s prior experience leading a team

Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science or Information Technologies required or equivalent experience

Knowledge of current web client technologies including demonstrable proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, client MVC

Knowledge of Java, Spring (IoC), Hibernate, JPA, JAX-RS and/or .net

Proficient in SQL, Oracle experience a plus

Familiar with OWASP threats and mitigation techniques

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong ability to work with current software design principles and concepts such as patterns, algorithms, data structures, dependency injection, MV**, SOA, n-tier architecture

Strong ability to handle a heavy workload with multiple projects and frequent interruptions

Strong ability to work in a changing, dynamic environment

Ability to mentor and coach employees