Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

OPENTEXT 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. Your Impact We are part of OpenText Cybersecurity Enterprise division specializing in Security Domain. Our product helps security operations teams to efficiently and effectively preempt and respond to threats that matter with proactive threat hunting, real-time threat detection, and response automation using AI/ML. What the role offers Develops product architectures and methodologies for software applications design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit. Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value. Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk. Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups. Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members to set an example of software applications design and development innovation and excellence. What you need to succeed 8+ years of technical experience with complex technology projects within large, distributed organizations Hands-on programming expertise with C++ Strong grasp of object-oriented programming (OOP) and design Understanding of memory management and design patterns System level knowledge on Inter-process communication (IPC) - pipes, sockets, shared memory, cache optimization, memory access patterns Familiarity with profiling and tuning tools like perf, gprof etc Drive automation and CI/CD adoption in the dev pipeline Knowledge and understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, MicroServices Knowledge and understanding of GitLab Experience in overall architecture of software applications (multi-platform) for products and solutions. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience in solving scalability and performance problems of an enterprise application. Knowledge and experience of Agile development practices Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at business unit and executive levels.