Manager, Software Development

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. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact:

We are looking for a technically strong Software Development Manager to lead a team building scalable enterprise software. You will combine hands-on technical leadership with people development, predictable delivery and engineering excellence. This role is ideal for a leader with deep Core Java and Spring Boot expertise who is ready to help shape practical adoption of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).

What the role offers:

- Lead, coach and develop a software engineering team while creating a culture of ownership, collaboration, inclusion and continuous learning.
- Drive the design and delivery of enterprise-grade solutions using Core Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices.
- Guide architecture, technical decisions, design and code reviews, engineering standards and resolution of complex production issues.
- Turn product priorities into realistic plans, milestones and deliverables within Agile/Scrum practices.
- Partner with Product, QA, Architecture and Engineering stakeholders; communicate progress, risks, dependencies and technical challenges clearly.
- Balance team capacity across new features, technical debt, defects, production support and innovation.
- Strengthen engineering quality through unit testing, automation, CI/CD, code coverage, root-cause analysis and release-readiness practices.
- Identify responsible, high-value opportunities for AI-assisted engineering and AI-enabled product capabilities.

What you need to succeed:

- Strong hands-on experience with Core Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices and enterprise application development.
- Solid understanding of software design principles, databases, distributed systems, CI/CD and modern software delivery practices.
- Experience leading or managing software engineering teams, including coaching, mentoring and talent development.
- Proven ability to plan delivery, manage capacity, identify risks and make sound technical and execution decisions.
- Effective stakeholder management and clear written and verbal communication across cross-functional teams.
- Working knowledge of Generative AI and LLM concepts, with the ability to assess practical enterprise use cases.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline.
- Experience with RAG, vector databases, prompt engineering, AI agents or agentic workflows, MCP, LangChain, LangGraph or similar frameworks.
- Knowledge of Machine Learning fundamentals, including training and inference, model evaluation, data preprocessing and MLOps concepts.
- Experience with cloud technologies, Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.

One last thing:

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. 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.

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.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected] . Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.