How PowerSchool Tripled Its User Base with Expedited Growth

…and Still Kept Their Product and Engineering Team Motivated

The Challenge of Scaling for K-12 Education

PowerSchool, the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, faced a pivotal moment of growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

School districts across the US migrated to e-learning, causing PowerSchool's user base to grow rapidly, hitting marks originally planned for two years down the line.

Over two weeks, PowerSchool needed to scale its product quickly while ensuring codebase quality, integrity, and no downtime.

Among other things, additional team members were needed to handle this rapid growth and maintain the high standards of service expected by their customers and diverse user base.

Ubiminds' Strategic Solution:

All Hands on Deck!

PowerSchool planned and configured software for scaling, while Ubiminds provided the necessary DevOps and SRE support to execute these measures.

Face-to-face Interactions: Synergy between PowerSchool and Ubiminds was already in place well before the pandemic. Ubiminds made possible for PowerSchool leadership to visit Brazil annually for collocated work, and Ubiminders occasionally flew to New York for school year kickoffs and training in the Manhattan Office.

Flexible Working Hours: Ubiminds negotiated and organized team members to put in place a special roster to have people working extra hours to meet the demand.

Recognition: Ubiminds facilitated PTO and performance bonuses to thank everyone for their effort, easing the mood and boosting motivation amidst the uncertainty COVID brought.

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PowerSchool engineers often do in-person work events in Brazil and the US

PowerSchool in a nutshell

PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education. It connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with the shared goal of improving student outcomes.

3,2k team members

Market Cap: $3B (NASDAQ: PWSC)

"When we think about hiring through Ubiminds, we're not looking for the low-cost provider. We have individuals in Ubiminds who are leading projects that US full-time employees are serving their project leadership."

Nathan Feger

Director of Software Engineering

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