Principal IT Software Developer

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 are hiring talent AI can’t replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact

The Principal Developer, IT – System Integrations is a senior technical leader responsible for the design, development, and evolution of enterprise integration solutions across complex, multi-system environments. This role combines hands‑on engineering expertise, domain‑level architecture accountability, and technical leadership to ensure integration solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.

What The Role Offers

Architecture & Solution Design

• Lead the design of end-to-end integration solutions across applications, data, and platforms.
• Translate enterprise High-Level Designs (HLDs) into domain-level Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and implementation guidance.
• Define and apply modern integration patterns.
• Design for cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud integration models.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, and governance frameworks.
• Incorporate resilience patterns (retry, circuit breaker, idempotency, fault tolerance).
• Promote event‑first and asynchronous design approaches where appropriate.
• Evaluate and define integration platform strategy, including reuse of shared services and accelerators.
• Promote cost optimization (efficient use of integration platforms and cloud resources).
• Lead and support integration modernization initiatives.

Team Mentorship & Technical Leadership

• Mentor and coach team members within the integration domain.
• Provide architectural and technical guidance across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Foster a culture of:
• Technical excellence and innovation
• Continuous improvement and learning
• Ownership and accountability
• Support onboarding and skill development in integration platforms and applications

Delivery & Execution Support

• Partner with product owners and delivery teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Support estimation, technical planning, and roadmap alignment.
• Ensure solutions meet non‑functional requirements, aligned with integration standards frameworks.
• Lead resolution of complex production issues, including root cause analysis and systemic improvements.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software development and system integrations.
• 8+ years designing and building enterprise integration solutions and APIs.
• Strong expertise in:
• REST/SOAP APIs, microservices, and event‑driven architectures
• Integration platforms and technologies (SAP Integration Suite, SAP PI/PO, MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica)
• Data integration, transformation, and persistence (SQL)
• Software development languages and frameworks (.NET, Java, Javascript)
• Experience with API management and governance platforms.
• Experience with Windows operating systems.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into architecture and design artifacts.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and leadership capabilities.

Preferred

• Deep expertise with SAP Integration Suite.
• Experience with cloud‑native integration architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience in platform engineering or integration platform ownership models.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Agile, Payment systems, observability and monitoring, security frameworks, identity and access integrations, ServiceNow, Linux, Network infrastructure and patterns.
• Participation in architecture governance boards or design authorities.
• Relevant certifications in Integration technologies, Cloud platforms, and/or architectural areas (TOGAF, etc.).

Core Competencies

• Hands on Technical and architectural leadership.
• Systems and integration thinking.
• Strategic and analytical problem solving.
• Cross‑functional collaboration and influence.
• Clear communication across technical and non‑technical audiences.
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