Lead 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. Were hiring talent that AI cant replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact

OpenText is the market leader in Enterprise Information Management platforms and applications. As a Software Engineer you will utilize your knowledge and experience to perform systems analysis, research, maintenance, troubleshooting and other programming activities. You become a member of one of our Agile-based project teams, focusing on product development. It is an exciting opportunity to design and implement solutions for enterprise level systems.  

What the role offers

• Lead one or more projects in the capacity of a Lead Engineer by interacting with all the project stakeholders and customers to gather the requirements, Develop and build.
• Excellent knowledge on opentext B2B platform(s) and integration activities involved.
• Define and evolve the architectural vision for our AI-powered supply chain analytics platform.
• Lead end-to-end technical design, including data ingestion, processing pipelines, analytics engines, and user-facing applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate advanced AI/ML models to drive predictive analytics, optimization, and decision support.
• Mentoring and guiding the junior members of the team

• Ability to take direction and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in deadline driven environment, and respond creatively to pressure.
• Excellent trouble-shooting skills.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent/MCA/ equivalent
• 8-10 years relevant work experience

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years as lead.
• Experience in data-intensive or analytics-focused applications.
• Extensive expertise in full stack development
  • Front-End: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular.
  • API: RESTful API design, Microservices architecture, GraphQL.
  • Back-End: Java, Spring Boot, REST, Node.js
  • Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Good to have expertise
  • Designing and implementing data platforms using technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar.
  • Data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and distributed systems.
• AI & Automation: AI/ML concepts, Gen/Agentic AI, Integration of AI services, RAG, MCP.
• DevOps: Git, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP; Serverless & Infrastructure as Code
• Security: Secure coding, OAuth/JWT, compliance awareness
• Agile Tools: JIRA, Confluence; Scrum/Kanban practices

• Strong communication skills - verbal, written.

OpenTexts 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 at hr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenTexts vibrant workplace.