PowerBuilder Developer

Ateeca Inc; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ateeca Inc in Dover, Delaware is seeking an experienced PowerBuilder developer to support and extend legacy applications. You will work hands-on with DataWindows, PowerScript, and SQL in an enterprise environment to keep systems reliable and performant.

The role emphasizes debugging undocumented code, maintaining DataWindows logic, and documenting changes, risks, and deployment steps. Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of hands-on PowerBuilder development experience, including production support of legacy applications.
• Strong experience maintaining and troubleshooting existing PowerBuilder applications.
• Advanced knowledge of DataWindows, including Retrieval and update logic, Computed columns, Nested and composite DataWindows.
• Strong PowerScript skills, including event-driven logic and object inheritance involving windows, menus, and user objects.
• Demonstrated ability to debug undocumented or unfamiliar codebases and determine system behavior directly from existing code.
• Strong SQL skills, including the ability to analyze and tune queries embedded in DataWindows.
• Experience with Oracle databases or the ability to quickly become proficient with the application’s database environment.
• Experience troubleshooting application interfaces and data-processing issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly document technical findings, changes, risks, and deployment procedures.

Responsibilities

• Five or more years of hands-on PowerBuilder development experience, including production support of legacy applications.
• Maintain and troubleshoot existing PowerBuilder applications.
• Work with DataWindows and PowerScript to implement retrieval/update logic, computed columns, and nested DataWindows.
• Debug undocumented or unfamiliar codebases and determine system behavior from code.
• Analyze and tune SQL queries embedded in DataWindows and integrate with Oracle databases.
• Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot interfaces and data-processing issues.
• Document technical findings, changes, risks, and deployment procedures.

Skills

PowerBuilder

DataWindows

PowerScript

SQL

Oracle

Debugging legacy code

Documentation

Communication

Tools

C#

ASP.NET Web Forms

ASP.NET MVC

Web API

ASP.NET Core

SQL Server

Job description

• Five or more years of hands-on PowerBuilder development experience, including production support of legacy applications.
• Strong experience maintaining and troubleshooting existing PowerBuilder applications.
• Advanced knowledge of DataWindows, including: Retrieval and update logic, Computed columns, Nested and composite DataWindows
• Strong PowerScript skills, including event-driven logic and object inheritance involving windows, menus, and user objects.
• Demonstrated ability to debug undocumented or unfamiliar codebases and determine system behavior directly from existing code.
• Strong SQL skills, including the ability to analyze and tune queries embedded in DataWindows.
• Experience working with Oracle databases or the ability to quickly become proficient with the application’s database environment.
• Experience troubleshooting application interfaces and data-processing issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly document technical findings, changes, risks, and deployment procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting enterprise applications using C# and Microsoft .NET.
• Experience with the application’s applicable web framework, such as ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, or ASP.NET Core.
• Experience with financial applications, particularly fund management, budgeting, or capital-program funding.
• Experience creating technical documentation for legacy applications.
• Familiarity with source-control, backup, build, and release-management practices for PowerBuilder applications.