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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.\nAI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.\nAt 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.\nOpenText Intelligent Viewing is the next generation evolution of OpenText Brava!, delivering secure, cloud-first viewing, annotation, redaction, comparison, and collaboration capabilities for hundreds of document, image, and engineering drawing formats. Built on scalable cloud-native architectures, Intelligent Viewing enables organizations to securely access and collaborate on business-critical content without requiring native applications. 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Beyond coding, you will mentor fellow developers, drive innovation through automation and CI/CD improvements, and ensure the platform continues to balance backward compatibility with future-focused development, enabling organizations to securely access and collaborate on their most critical business content.\nWhat the Role Offers:\nDesign, develop, and maintain software components in C/C++ that cross-compile on the Windows, Linux, and WebAssembly platforms.\nLead technical design discussions, code reviews, architecture decisions, and development best practices.\nImprove software quality through automation, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development practices.\nMentor and guide other developers working on a complex, multifaceted codebase.\nWhat You Need to Succeed:\nStrong proficiency in C/C++ development, with the ability to design, build, and maintain high-quality software solutions.\nExcellent debugging and analytical problem-solving skills, with a passion for diagnosing and resolving complex technical challenges.\nExperience working on large-scale enterprise applications, including products with significant legacy functionality and long-term support requirements.\nCommitment to software development best practices, coding standards, code quality, and comprehensive unit testing.\nStrong collaboration and communication skills, with a growth mindset and a willingness to both mentor others and learn from peers.\nAbility to thrive in a distributed, global team environment while balancing backward compatibility requirements with modern software development approaches.\nExperience working in Windows and Linux development environments.\nHands-on expertise with rendering and visualization technologies such as Windows APIs, Skia, and WebGL.\nStrong knowledge of document and graphics formats, including PDF and SVG.\nProficiency with development tools and compilers such as Microsoft Visual Studio, GCC, Clang, and Emscripten.\nExperience with build automation and DevOps tools, including CMake and GitLab CI/CD.\nFamiliarity with Agile development methodologies and collaborative software delivery practices.\nOne last thing:\nOpenText is more than a corporation-it’s a global community built on trust, character, and purpose. 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