Job Description
Role: PowerBuilder Developer (C++/ C#/ PowerBuilder)
Duration: Long Term
Location: Columbia, MD- Hybrid
Justification: Needed to support legacy systems, modernization efforts, and critical transition areas involving PowerBuilder and backend logic. (SFMTA)
Experience Level: 5-10 years
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain, enhance, and support existing PowerBuilder applications that are critical to transit agency operations.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve application defects and performance issues in legacy systems.
- Collaborate with business analysts, end users, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define specifications, and implement solutions.
- Support system modernization efforts by rewriting, refactoring, or integrating legacy PowerBuilder code into modern platforms using C++, C#, and other contemporary technologies.
- Develop and maintain backend logic, APIs, and interfaces to support business workflows, reporting, and integration with other enterprise systems.
- Perform code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing to ensure code quality, stability, and maintainability.
- Document system architecture, design decisions, and technical specifications for both legacy and modernized systems.
- Support data migration, conversion, and synchronization activities during system transitions.
Technical Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications in PowerBuilder (versions 9.x through 2019 R3 or later).
- Strong proficiency in C++ and C# with experience migrating legacy systems to modern architectures.
- Solid understanding of client-server application development, database interaction, and backend business logic implementation.
- Extensive experience working with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase), including SQL development, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
- Familiarity with object-oriented design principles, software development life cycle (SDLC), and Agile methodologies.
- Experience developing and consuming web services (REST, SOAP) and integrating with third-party APIs.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills with the ability to diagnose complex system issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications in a public sector or transportation environment is highly desirable
- Familiarity with version control systems(e.g., Git, TFS) and CI/CD pipelines is a plus