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



GroupWise is OpenText enterprise solution for collaboration and messaging. It provides features such asemail, instant messaging, calendaring, contact management, and task scheduling for the end users. It also provides a web-based administration to monitor and manage the system for admins.The successful candidate will join the GroupWise Messenger development team and design, develop, unit test, troubleshoot and debug the application



What the role offers



• Designs enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of systems software, including operating systems, compliers, networking, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools.
• Work closely with the QA team in improving the quality
• Analyze technical requirements, design applications, identify new technologies, and integrate solutions into existing code
• Responsible for successful completion of code deliverables within the project
• Establish strong coding standards including unit testing, coding style.
• Develop prototypes and do live code demos
• Conduct peer code-reviews to ensure adherence to patterns and standards
• Promote a practice of learning by being available to mentor other developers
• Participate in the user story grooming and estimation sessions to refine product backlog
• Development of software in an agile development environment
• Ability to grasp new concepts and technology quickly and handle priorities in the areas of responsibility.
• Involved in the various phases of the SDLC


What you need to succeed



• Strong C& C++ programming skills
• Strong user level system programming background (Multi-threading, IPC, Network communication, Operating System interactions, protocol development, etc)
• Strong expertise in Linux environments, particularly in using systemctl,managing services, debugging, and maintaining applications.
• Experience with messaging agents running on Linux, including handling messaging protocols, database interactions, and notification/event management.
• Expertise in integrating and managing 3rd party libraries such as OpenSSL, OpenLDAP, and Libcurl.
• Proficiency with Make/gcc for Linux-based development
• Designing software systems running on multiple platform types.
• Linux Scripting: Ability to develop& maintain shell scripts for automation, monitoring, and managing Linux-based applications.


One last thing



• 5 + Years of Experience Using software systems design tools and languages.
• Ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Designing software systems running on multiple platform types.
• Experience with Testing and Quality Assurance methodologies
• Comfortable with command-line applications, source control, testing frameworks and continuous integration
• Experience of working in an Agile based development environment
• Understanding of legacy systems with the ability to troubleshoot and maintain stability.
• A strong desire to develop your career through self-learning and scheduled personal development time
• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Formal qualification in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience with Java-based services& Java FX
• Knowledge of Apple Push Notification Services (APNS)
• 32-bit C++/ATL Development: Expertise in building Windows clients using VisualStudio
• Android Development: Familiarity with older versions of the Android SDK
• iOS Development: Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C using Xcode, with experience developing and maintaining iOS applications


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