Sr. Software Engineer at Opentext in Boston, MA

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.

The Opportunity

The Endpoint Engineering team is responsible for some of Carbonite’s core products. The solutions we build are installed on over 1.5 million machines worldwide and backup petabytes of data to the cloud. We like solving big problems and we are looking for an Engineer to be the responsible for design, development and enhancement of Endpoint products. The ideal candidate has a desire to dig into complex issues and hit the ground running.

As a Software Engineer on the Endpoint team, you will be part of the team that is driving Carbonite’s success. The code you write will be used by hundreds of thousands of people. You will have the opportunity to help us choose key technologies and drive critical design decisions for our Windows and Mac products. You will work with an outstanding group of peers and you will be part of an agile team that is continuously improving.

For a developer on our team, it is key to internalize the values of developing robust, testable, automated, scalable software. The key driver for this team is to protect our customer’s data and all our development should reflect that goal

Your First Six Months

• Develop a solid understanding of the architecture of the Endpoint mid-market product
• Build and debug Carbonite’s mid-market endpoint products (Windows/Mac C#/.Net, SQL Server)
• Take an issue all the way through our process of development, testing, through release
• Work with quality assurance resources to become proficient at automated testing
• Participate and contribute on a collaborative agile team

Six to Twelve Months and Beyond

• Lead a major feature and guide the team on implementation tasks
• Analyze and address complex issues/projects in the back end REST APIs
• Deploy and run the solution in the Azure public cloud
• Work with product management to understand requirements and propose appropriate designs
• Champion and demo enhancements to team
• Develop solid knowledge of continuous integration environment
• Propose enhancements to internal processes and application stack

You Are Great At

• A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility
• Highly autonomous and able to independently identify high value projects and drive them completion
• Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments
• High degree of comfort with complex technical environments
• Having and being able to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics

What It Takes

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in developing and debugging multi-threaded distributed applications
• Significant development experience with C#/ .Net
• Experience with JavaScript, Python or similar scripting language
• Production experience with Continuous Integration
• Experience working with SQL Server
• Experience with agile development processes
• Experience developing on Windows and Mac is a plus
• Experience with Azure is a plus