OpenText · 10 hours ago
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Alpharetta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$178K/yr - $220K/yr
15+ years expOpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are key components of their corporate culture. The Senior Principal Software Engineer will provide expertise in software application development across multiple projects and serve as the team's subject matter expert in various areas of development.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ContentCyber SecurityData CenterData ManagementInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Act as the key resource for setting technical directions defining and deploying solid engineering practices, coaching and mentoring other engineers and qualifying engineering project plans
Prepare, review and approve the solution, integration, physical, security designs of the project
Interact with the cross-functional teams
Provide project estimates
Prepare, review and/or approve project software requirements, specifications and other artifacts (Software Design Document, Entity Relationship Diagram, etc.)
Lead in the preparation of Technical Architecture Documents
Identify risks and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture
Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standard in support of procurement and development efforts
Recommend and implement software upgrades, tools and techniques
Code software programs and applications according to specifications
Code review and ensure code quality throughout application life cycle
Implement process improvements
Analyze data from software analysis tools for the purpose of correcting errors, isolating areas for project improvement
Generate statistics and prepare reports for management and/or team members on the status of the programming process
Troubleshoot cross-component/technology issues in areas of expertise
Provide support to multiple projects
Provide production support as needed
Engage in project level planning/project management
Qualification
Required
15+ years of relevant experience with expert level professional/technical skills
Complete understanding of software development life cycle using various methodologies
Expert in implementing (coding & unit testing) detailed design into application functionalities using Java/JEE as the primary development language
Expert in JEE Web Services Technologies: e.g., JAXB, Java APIs for XML Messaging
Experience in designing of end to end solution by using any of the following object oriented design, SOA, Domain Driven, etc
Should be proficient in the following: Distributed and multi-threaded systems on a relational database
Micro-services and distributed service-oriented architectures
Design and implementation of REST APIs
Developing on a modern front-end framework
Using a test-driven approach to writing code
Accomplished to master level in knowledge and experience for the following: Design Patterns
Framework (Spring, Hibernate, etc.)
JEE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition)
JEE Web Application Technologies: e.g., Servlet, JSP/EL, JSTL
JEE Enterprise Application Technologies: e.g., EJB, JMS, Java Persistence, JDBC, Dependency Injection for Java
Database structures
DDL/DML: e.g., SQL, PL/SQL
Database Platform: e.g., Oracle (expertise with Stored Procedures and User-defined functions), MySQL
OS Platform (e.g. Windows, Unix, Linux)
Application Servers (e.g. Oracle Weblogic, Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat)
Other Development Technologies (e.g. Ajax, HTML, JQuery, XML, XSL, XSLT, CSS, Javascript, Freemarker, Junit, JSON, Jasper Reports, Shell scripting)
Development Tools (e.g. Eclipse, Maven, Ant, SVN, GIT etc.)
Required Technologies: Frameworks: Spring 5+, Hibernate 5+ and Sencha
Languages: Java 8+, JavaScript, SQL, PL/SQL
Messaging Middleware: IBM MQ, Active MQ
Databases: Relational database experience, Oracle/MySQL/ PostgreSQL
Development tools: IntelliJ/Eclipse, Maven, Git
Experience with performance testing, code debugging, monitoring, and JVM tuning
Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology or equivalent in relevant discipline
Preferred
Experience with the following technologies - Hazelcast, Kafka, Docker, BIRT Reporting
Effective in communication, critical thinking and interpersonal skills
Ability to be a hands-on leader on multiple projects and to assist in troubleshooting
Behavior Characteristics: Strong attention to detail and process, collaborative and adaptable, independent, self-motivated, with high level of accountability, analytical
Benefits
Thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
Variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles
Vacation entitlement
Paid time off
Comprehensive benefits noted above
Role may be eligible for bonus or commissions
Company
OpenText
OpenText powers and protects to secure information management for AI.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
OpenText has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2020 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.1B2022-11-16Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2014-01-16Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1996-02-02IPO
Leadership Team
David Baskin
Vice President Field Strategy and eDiscovery at OpenText
Skip Sperling
VP of Engineering
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