Sr. Software Developer

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll use your deep technical expertise to design, build and optimize complex features across our image processing and OCR products. You'll handle the full development lifecycle: system analysis and design, research, implementation, performance tuning, maintenance and troubleshooting, across multiple platforms and devices. Beyond delivering features, you'll help shape the technical direction of the product by evaluating new technologies and driving how we adopt them.

What the role offers

Major emphasis on writing excellent code following industry best practices

Create and maintain technical documentation

Design and development of Capture components related to capture, processing, and recognition of business documents

Ownership and technical leadership end-to-end; design, development, validation and test automation, deployment, and support in production.

Work closely with Quality Engineering to review test plans and test cases

Provide technical guidance for major software initiatives, including technology standardization and modernization.

Team technical leadership: distribute tasks, track progress, technical risk assessment, problem solving, early risk notification, report progress and status to manager.

Perform all assigned jobs with minimal assistance from the supervisor

Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports and customer escalations

What you need to succeed:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field

6+ years of hands-on experience developing enterprise software products

Proven track record of building, maintaining and improving enterprise applications

Advanced proficiency in C++ and C, including modern C++ (C++11/14/17)

Strong command of data structures, algorithms, multithreading and performance optimization

Solid understanding of object-oriented design and design patterns, and judgment on when to apply them

Experience with GCC Complier and Linux or open to work on Linux is a plus

Strong debugging, triaging and root-cause analysis skills for complex technical issues

Ability to understand, maintain and extend large, complex legacy codebases

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

One last thing

Good hands-on in software development using C++ and C

Experience in development and support of enterprise applications

Experience in use of Microsoft Visual Studio

Experience with GIT

Experience with Image processing software development and familiar with OCR technology is a plus

Knowledge of C# and .NET framework is a plus

Experience with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Exposure to Google Cloud Pub/Sub, or equivalent

Exposure to AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot

Content management and Capture (IDP) domain experience would be a plus

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us athr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.