Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large fast-growing and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families children teachers staff and faculty advocates and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun rigorous whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential. As the fastest-growing highest-performing charter school network in New York State Success Academy is reimagining K-12 public education. Nationally recognized for our innovative whole-child school model and outstanding academic results Success Academy educators are empowering children from all backgrounds with the knowledge skills and self-belief to succeed in college and in life. We now need a results-driven AI Software Engineer/ Integration Specialist to join our AI Enablement team. Department The Technology Division at Success Academy is the chief provider of technology infrastructure application services security and support. The Division partners with teams across the organization to equip students teachers leaders and staff with the innovative technology tools and know-how necessary to achieve academic and operational excellence. We are looking for an AI Software Engineer to play a critical role in connecting AI tools with school systems. This role ensures that AI-powered solutions seamlessly integrate with existing School Information Systems (SIS) Learning Management Systems (LMS) and other educational technologies. The ideal candidate has a strong background in software integration API development automation and cloud-based solutions. They should be comfortable working with education technology platforms while designing scalable automated workflows to enhance school operations using AI. Requirements 4+ years of experience in software integration API development or automation engineering. Strong proficiency in API development automation workflows and event-driven architectures. Knowledge of cloud-native integration tools in AWS GCP or Azure. Excellent problem-solving skills and an automation-first mindset. Strong ability to collaborate with AI cloud and data engineering teams to create scalable AI-driven solutions. Familiarity with LLMs and AI-powered automation is a plus. Responsibilities Design and implement integrations between AI models and school systems (SIS LMS student data platforms and assessment tools). Develop middleware APIs and automation scripts to enable AI-enhanced workflows for grading student engagement analysis and predictive insights. Build deploy and manage RESTful APIs GraphQL APIs and Webhooks to enable seamless communication between AI and school infrastructure. Automate data extraction transformation and synchronization between systems using ETL pipelines and API-driven workflows. Develop integrations with LLM-based AI assistants chatbots and recommendation engines to enhance learning experiences. Leverage low-code and no-code automation tools where applicable for rapid deployment of solutions. Ensure real-time data flow between AI tools and student management systems using Pub/Sub Kafka or event-driven architectures. Implement secure authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0 SAML JWT) to protect student and faculty data. Ensure compliance with FERPA and other education data privacy regulations. Work with identity and access management (IAM) solutions to control AI system permissions. Work closely with AI teams data engineers and DevOps to deploy integrations in AWS and GCP. Develop serverless functions (AWS Lambda Google Cloud Functions Azure Functions) for lightweight scalable automation. Implement event-driven architectures using Step Functions Pub/Sub and Webhooks. Collaborate with educators and administrators to define integration requirements and automation opportunities. Technical Stack & Tools Integration & API Development RESTful APIs GraphQL gRPC OAuth 2.0 JWT SAML OpenID Connect Postman Swagger (OpenAPI) API Gateway Cloud & Infrastructure AWS (Lambda Step Functions API Gateway EventBridge S3 DynamoDB) GCP (Cloud Functions Pub/Sub Firestore BigQuery) Azure (Azure Functions Event Grid Cosmos DB) Automation & Data Pipelines Python Node.js FastAPI Flask Express.js ETL tools (Talend dbt) Messaging & Streaming Kafka RabbitMQ Redis Pub/Sub Security & Compliance IAM & Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Data encryption secure API access Compliance with FERPA Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience. This position is not bonus eligible. Compensation Range $180000 $200000 USD Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Privacy Policy By providing your phone number you consent to receive text message updates from Success Academy regarding your application. Reply STOP to unsubscribe. View our Privacy Policy We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. 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