Sr. Software Developer (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

<p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>Hiring Manager:</strong> Dan-Horia Trufasiu</p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>Talent Acquisition Advisor:</strong> Carrol Isaacs</p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>Job Code Level:</strong> DSP3</p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px">Refer Your Friends!</p><p> </p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.</strong></p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px">At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We are hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.</p><p> </p><br><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">OPENTEXT - Hybrid role (RICHMOND HILL, ONT)  In-Office Tues/Wed/Thur (WFH Mon/Fri)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br><br>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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">OpenText has established itself as a global leader in secure information management. OpenText leads the way in <u>Digital Experience</u>, our cloud-based <u>Business Network</u> enhances operational efficiencies. The OpenText <u>Analytics</u> division pioneers enterprise AI and our <u>Legal Technology </u>solution assists legal and compliance teams. OpenText's enterprise <u>Content Management </u>(ECM) software connects content within core business processes and our <u>Portfolio</u> business unit ensures the maintenance and modernization of legacy software. <u>Platform Engineering </u>focuses on Cloud Platforms and Business Process Automation. The <u>Common Components </u>unit delivers essential software engineering services, and our OpenText <u>Cybersecurity</u> solutions, for both SMBs and Enterprises, offer protection against cybersecurity threats.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Your Impact:</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A Development role at OpenText is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to impact lives. As a key contributor, you'll be instrumental in constructing cutting-edge Information Management Solutions that contribute to sustainable supply chains, support refugees, and enhance medical information access to save lives. You will engage in solving meaningful challenges within a motivated team, gaining exposure to advanced technologies beyond individual access. You will be encouraged to cultivate an engineering mindset, driving the creation of innovative software solutions that address real-world problems and shape the future.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What the role offers:</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As a senior software developer in this team you will be contributing to:</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The OpenText OCP Platform, OpenText’s next-generation Information Management as a Service platform that enables development of multi-tenant SaaS Applications by internal and external developer communities</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Bridging the gap between product development teams and Cloud Operations teams, with specific focus on accelerating time to market, reliability engineering, Technology Obsolescence management and reducing software failures</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">DevOps practices incorporating Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Testing and Continuous Monitoring to improve Reliability and Time to Fix incidents</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What you need to Succeed:</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and improving cloud-first software infrastructure and solutions.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Developing on applications with exposure to <strong>Back End development.</strong></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Developing or exploiting a PaaS (Platform as a Service) capability that enables delivery of new service capabilities and facilitates development of Applications</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Embedding DevOps and Agile practices with experience in leveraging CI and CD tools to automate testing and deployment in a face-paced, working across multiple stakeholders developing and operating Services and SaaS Applications</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Building highly maintainable, easy-to-understand code in the cloud, including web services.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Working in an Agile methodology.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Being proactive - willing to work on any problem, and willing to find solutions when they fall outside your area of direct expertise</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Working as a member of a team and pitching in to ensure the team succeeds with its commitments</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Mentoring junior team members with regard to code design, testing and standards.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Working with multiple internal engineering and operational teams to understand and respond to their needs around the platforms and applications maintained by the hiring team.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Keeping a level head in a pressured environment</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Working with geographically dispersed teams</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What it takes:</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience, with <strong>5+ years of relevant software development background</strong>.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Strong expertise in Java</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">, including Spring and Spring Boot frameworks, and solid software engineering fundamentals.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Expertise in <strong>Data Base</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> and <strong>Messaging Protocol</strong></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Skilled in <strong>front-end development</strong> (is a plus) using React (hooks, context), JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Proven ability to build scalable, high-performance, and accessible user interfaces with responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Experience developing and maintaining cloud-based services on platforms such as Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, or GCP.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Proficient in designing and integrating REST-based APIs to enable robust system interoperability.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Strong communication skills</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> and a proactive ownership mindset, able to drive projects end-to-end and quickly adopt new tools, databases, and languages.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">One last thing:</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.</span></p><br><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;">OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our <a href="https://www.opentext.com/assets/documents/en-US/pdf/opentext-equal-employment-opportunity-statement-of-policy-us-en.pdf">Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy</a> which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;">If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket at <a href="https://help.opentext.com/portal/site/selfservice?customView=newTicket">Ask HR</a>. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>Compensation:</strong> At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process, we’re happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>Salary Range:</strong> $85,820.00 - $135,820; Depending on the candidate’s education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>AI Usage Disclosure:</strong> <em>As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations.</em></p>