Remote Software Engineer - OpenText Exstream

Overview

Do you have a passion for advancing the customer experience? Do you enjoy problem solving and finding better ways to improve the user experience? Would you like to have the opportunity to write the code behind the documents that customers receive from State Farm? Do you like working with a team that is obsessed with quality and delivering results, while also having fun during team huddles? If you answered yes to the above, this is a great opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

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We are looking for an experienced OpenText Exstream Software Engineer within the PCMCC product suite. Our team collaborates with business areas to meet their customer communication needs. We design, develop, test using the OpenText Exstream composition tool suite. This position will also support the adoption of new communication development capabilities including the adoption of cloud technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collects and analyzes information to identify customer's technical needs, suggest solutions and develop implementation and integration plans (e.g., technical proposals)
• Responsible for the analysis, design, deployment, support, and security of technology to ensure the organization is efficiently managing its technology and data-related assets in accordance with market best-practices and external regulations
• Participates in sprint planning; provides work estimates to deliver product stories; owns development stories
• Participates in the full software development cycle including coding, testing, implementation, support and sunset
• Utilizes up-to-date coding, testing, security, DevOps, and software engineering practices to maintain and create new applications that support business requirements
• Utilizes agile software engineering practices, coding and testing standards, code reviews, source code management, continuous delivery, and software architecture.
  
  

Job Level Descriptors:

• Works independently to design, develop, implement, test, and support products for business areas (creating new or modifying existing applications/tools to meet technical specifications or business needs)
• Independently identifies problems, related technical issues and the approach to long-term, repeatable solutions meeting customer/grantor needs
• Independently handles and resolves routine problems and moderately complex assignments, but may require assistance and guidance for more complex issues
• Maintains and continues to develop breadth of knowledge in software engineering topics, including classes, functions, security, containers, version control, CI/CD, and unit tests
• Maintains and continues to develop breadth of knowledge in programming (e.g. Java, JavaScript), and database functionality (e.g. SQL, Non-SQL)
• Maintains and continues to develop breadth of knowledge in compute environments, including but not limited to Linux, Hadoop, Mainframe, Public Cloud, and containers
• Develops understanding of user experience best practices and test designs and standards
• Demonstrates an understanding of the State Farm organizational structure
  
  

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Prior software engineer coding/programming experience
• Prior programming experience with composition software, such as OpenText Exstream (formerly known as HP Exstream) or Smart Communications, including Command Center
• Knowledge of customer communication management (CCM) practices
• Ability to understand impacts from/to upstream and downstream processes (i.e., as it relates to output formats such as print, email, and electronic storage)
• Thorough understanding and experience with data structures (e.g. XSD and XML) and data merge practices
• Experience with code repositories, shared forms, version management and deployment of package files to testing and production
• Familiarity with data dictionaries, Exstream driver files and Gitlab schema
• Knowledge of coding practices to comply with accessibility standards
• Experience with agile development practices
• Unit Testing concepts & frameworks
• Prior object-oriented programming experience; experience with JavaScript or Python is a plus
• Experience with other OpenText Exstream tools (e.g., Liquid Office, Communications Designer, Content Author, Empower) is a plus
  
  

Desired characteristics:

• Team oriented, providing input to product related decisions at both the tactical and strategic level
• Willingness to learn and adapt with a passion to teach/partner with others
• Commitment to driving and achieving results with speed and quality
• Self-motivated to discover gaps and address them
• Foster innovation and encourage diversity of thought
• Inquisitive mind to research new technologies and think on his/her feet to solve complex problems and incorporate new ideas
• High-level of communication capabilities (written and verbal) with the ability to relate technical requirements and solutions to business
• Display an agile thought process and adaptive to fluid roles within a team context
• Proven record of relationship building and ability to influence development teams, product owners, and technical and business leadership
  
  

REMOTE: Qualified candidates (outside of hub locations listed below) may be considered for remote work arrangements based on where a candidate currently resides or is currently located.

HYBRID: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.

SPONSORSHIP: Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity

For Los Angeles candidates: Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

For San Francisco candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For Colorado, Hawaii and Washington State candidates: Salary Range: $90,600-$156,200

For California, New York, and CT candidates: Potential salary range: $90,600-$177,500

Potential yearly incentive pay: up to 15% of base salary

Competitive Benefits, including:

• 401k Plan
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Annual Merit Increases
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Initiatives
• For more details visit our benefits summary page
  
  

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