Lead Software Developer, UX Designer

Opentext - The Information Company Open Text 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 Open Text, 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.
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Common Components unit provides shared software engineering services to global Product Management and development teams in the Open Text™ Products group. This includes User Experience Design support (guidelines and individual product designs), Product Information artifacts (product documentation and help), Localization support, Accessibility governance (VPAT, WCAG), Performance Engineering and Product Security, Build and release management tools and services.
Your Impact A Development role at Open Text 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.

What The Role Offers

• Possess 8-12 years of previous professional experience.
• Provide strong leadership for the team, wielding technical and business influence beyond team boundaries.
• Drive multi-team initiatives spanning diverse domains, consistently delivering value that extends beyond the immediate team.
• Quickly grasp the business context to enhance customer value significantly.
• Make timely decisions, prioritizing customer trust over expediency, and leverage input to determine optimal technical solutions.
• Identify and course-correct when the current path does not meaningfully serve customer needs, playing a key role in setting longer-term business strategy.
• Lead in setting the quality standards for the team's technical work, from code to software designs, while raising the skill level of less experienced team members.

What You Need To Succeed

• Frontend:
  React/Angular, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Type Script
• UX design Systems:
  Experience creating, testing, documenting and maintaining highly polished UI components on a reusable scale for multiple products
• Programming languages:
  JavaScript, Type Script, Node.js
• CI/CD:
  Git Lab;
  Jenkins, NPM, Artifactory
• AI:
  Understanding of MCP, Agent definition files, AI Skill definitions
• Accessibility:
  Working and demonstrated knowledge of how to engineer and build components and applications with WCAG guidelines.

One Last Thing Open Text is more than a corporation—it’s a global community built on trust, character, and purpose. Here, we act ethically, care deeply about people, and always put our customers first. We help teams succeed through collaboration, tackle challenges with resilience, and innovate with intention. Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and teamwork.

At Open Text, we don’t just have a culture—we live our values. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that empowers you to make a meaningful impact. Open Text's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy 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.

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