Lead Software Architect, AI-Driven Cloud Platform

PowerSchool; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (incl

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term Disability and Long-Term DI

DTO - Discretionary Time Off

Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, etc.

Job summary

PowerSchool is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive a modernization of our legacy reporting framework into a cloud-native, AI-augmented platform. You will own architecture and provide hands-on development across Python, TypeScript, SQL, and AWS services.

You will mentor engineers, define coding standards, and partner with Product, Data, QA, and Architecture teams to ensure scalability, security, and successful migration of business logic and reports.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS/Azure serverless architectures.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
• Experience applying AI to code generation, metadata extraction, or automation.
• Strong SQL background.
• Experience building AI-driven systems and data pipelines.
• Leadership in technical strategy and mentoring.

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.

Skills

AWS/Azure serverless

Python

TypeScript

SQL

AI for code generation

Distributed systems

Leadership/mentoring

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Step Functions

Job description

PowerSchool is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive a modernization of our legacy reporting framework into a cloud-native, AI-augmented platform. You will own architecture and provide hands-on development across Python, TypeScript, SQL, and AWS services.

You will mentor engineers, define coding standards, and partner with Product, Data, QA, and Architecture teams to ensure scalability, security, and successful migration of business logic and reports.