Lead Software Engineer

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. 

The Opportunity:
 

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will utilize superior knowledge and experience to perform highly complex product architecture, design, systems analysis, research, maintenance, troubleshooting and other programming activities. You will also play a key role in the development of work teams by providing others with direction and leadership. You will also be involved in cross-team planning activities such as providing status updates and coordinating activities.

You are great at:

Should be able to independently develop complex software. 
Responsible for timely delivery as agreed within the project without compromising on product quality
Takes ownership of code quality. Actively and effectively reviews source code, takes defect prevention steps in software developed. 
Able to provide bottom-up estimates for the assigned parts of work 
Interacts well with peers and communicates in a clear and concise manner both verbally and written on his/her work. 
Actively participate and contribute to analysis, design, planning, processes, etc., Raise issues where needed and create sensitivity towards timely resolution of problems.
Adopt agile development methodologies and test-driven development.

What it takes:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years of product development experience

- Should have very good problem solving, analytical, design and coding skills.
- He/she should be strong in object-oriented analysis with good work experience in any one of the object-oriented programming language.
- Knowledge of XML and web services is mandatory.

- Should have worked on Object oriented Java Script, HTML and CSS.

- Proficient in at least one of the Java Script based framework like AngularJS, Backbone, react etc.
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle and software estimation is a must. 

- Working experience with npm-grunt, node or any other build tool.

- Content management domain experience would be plus

- Experience with OpenText products would be a plus
 

Furthermore, a Lead software engineer possesses in depth technical knowledge on:
 

• Service Oriented Architecture
• W3C standards
• Object Orientation
• Programming and Scripting Languages (Java, JavaScript, (D)HTML)
• Databases, data modeling
• Writing (parts of) Technical Designs
• (Regression) Testing
• Performance

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. Should you require accommodations during the selection process, please contact accommodationrequests@opentext.com.

Subject to applicable laws and regulations, OpenText’s global vaccination policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter an OpenText office. Accommodations may be available for specific roles.