Staff Software Engineer - OCR / Text Extraction
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer - OCR / Text Extraction to join the team of a leader in the Enterprise Technology space.
This role will shape the technical direction of a document content extraction and transformation team, with a strong focus on OCR-enabled solutions. You will partner closely with product and engineering stakeholders to improve scalability, performance, and reliability while guiding initiatives from concept through production.
The position also involves designing event-driven architectures and leading architectural decisions that support high-volume, production-grade applications in the cloud.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $170,000 – $190,000 annually
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for the document content extraction and transformation team.
Lead architectural decisions incorporating OCR technologies such as Tesseract and Apryse OCR.
Drive initiatives to improve scalability, performance, and reliability of the product.
Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS, Kafka, and data pipelines.
Take full ownership of initiatives from concept through production.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications at scale on cloud platforms.
5+ years in technical leadership roles using OCR technologies.
Proven track record of building scalable applications currently in production.
Expert proficiency in C#/.NET and cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
Benefits
90% of healthcare premiums covered by the company.
HSA company contribution.
401K match at 4% with immediate vesting.
Flexible PTO, typically 3 to 4 weeks a year.
Monthly contributions for life activities and wellness.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Set technical direction for the document content extraction and transformation team.
- Lead architectural decisions incorporating OCR technologies such as Tesseract and Apryse OCR.
- Drive initiatives to improve scalability, performance, and reliability of the product.
- Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS, Kafka, and data pipelines.
- Take full ownership of initiatives from concept through production.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications at scale on cloud platforms.
- 5+ years in technical leadership roles using OCR technologies.
- Proven track record of building scalable applications currently in production.
- Expert proficiency in C#/.NET and cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
Benefits
- 90% of healthcare premiums covered by the company.
- HSA company contribution.
- 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting.
- Flexible PTO, typically 3 to 4 weeks a year.
- Monthly contributions for life activities and wellness.
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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