The Role
Analyze and reverse-engineer PowerBuilder applications, then support their migration to .NET and C#. Develop, test, troubleshoot, and document replacement functionality while analyzing SQL Server dependencies, integrations, and migration risks. Collaborate with QA and cross-functional Agile teams on functional equivalence, code reviews, estimation, sprint planning, and technical documentation.
Summary Generated by Built In
Senior Software Engineer – PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder to .NET migration · 5–8 years experience · Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Core Key Responsibilities
- Analyze the existing PowerBuilder application — modules, DataWindows, business logic, database interactions, integrations, and dependencies — to establish current behavior.
- Support migration of PowerBuilder functionality to .NET / C#, translating existing functionality and business rules into maintainable technical solutions.
- Contribute hands-on to the design, development, enhancement, and testing of the replacement .NET implementation.
- Identify migration complexity, technical dependencies, gaps, and risks in the legacy codebase, and communicate findings clearly to the project team.
- Analyze SQL Server queries, stored procedures, and data dependencies used by the PowerBuilder application and support their transition or reuse in the target solution.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across the legacy PowerBuilder modules, the new .NET implementation, databases, integrations, and third-party components.
- Document existing PowerBuilder functionality and technical behavior to support migration, testing, traceability, and knowledge transfer.
- Develop and maintain unit tests and work with QA to compare legacy and migrated behavior and validate functional equivalence.
- Participate in technical analysis, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint planning, and peer code reviews; work with minimal supervision and raise risks early.
Core Technology Skills Required
- PowerBuilder — strong hands-on development; able to navigate, understand, troubleshoot, and modify an established codebase.
- .NET / C# — hands-on experience sufficient to contribute directly to migration and replacement development.
- Legacy modernization — experience migrating or re-platforming legacy applications to .NET or another modern stack, strongly preferred.
- SQL Server — queries, stored procedures, and data dependency analysis.
- Object-oriented programming, design principles, and application architecture — strong grounding in maintainable code practices.
- Git, Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps — source control and development tooling, preferred.
- CI/CD — working knowledge of automated build and deployment pipelines, desirable.
- Engineering practices — coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Reverse engineering — ability to determine legacy application behavior where documentation is limited.
- Agile / Scrum — delivery within cross-functional development teams.
- Communication — clear documentation of technical findings, dependencies, and migration risks.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong hands-on PowerBuilder development experience, including navigating, troubleshooting, and modifying established codebases
- Hands-on .NET and C# development experience
- SQL Server experience with queries, stored procedures, and data dependency analysis
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design principles, and application architecture
- Experience with legacy application migration or re-platforming to .NET or another modern stack
- Experience with Git, Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps
- Working knowledge of CI/CD build and deployment pipelines
- Experience with coding standards, code reviews, source control, testing, deployment, and application maintenance
- Ability to reverse-engineer legacy applications with limited documentation
- Agile or Scrum experience in cross-functional development teams
- Strong technical communication and documentation skills
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The Company
What We Do
Anblicks is a Cloud Data Analytics Company based out of Dallas, TX, with offices in USA, India, and Australia. Since 2004, Anblicks has been helping customers by bringing value to their data and implementing modern data architecture and advanced analytics solutions in the cloud.
