Is OpenText a good company to work for as a Senior Software Engineer?

Senior Software Engineer professionals working at OpenText have rated their employer with 3.3 out of 5 stars in 281 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of OpenText employees being 3.2 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Engineer Jobs at OpenText now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Engineer interview questions at OpenText .

Does OpenText pay Senior Software Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at OpenText with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 281 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3.1% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Engineer salaries at OpenText.

How happy are Senior Software Engineer professionals working at OpenText?

55% of Senior Software Engineer employees at OpenText would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 6% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Engineer professionals have also rated OpenText with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.1 rating for culture and values and 3.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at OpenText?

Software Engineer (447) , Senior Software Engineer (264) , Associate Software Engineer (145) , Account Executive (119) , Lead Software Engineer (114) , Software Developer (100) , Intern (80) , Manager (77) , Senior Consultant (63) , Sales (62) , Consultant (60) , Project Manager (58) , Engineering Intern (57) , Senior Account Executive (57) , Cloud Applications Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"1) Will get a chance to work on various tech 2) Good work life balance" ((in 757 reviews)); "The benefits are good and huge" ((in 341 reviews)); "Great people working for a company that cared about them less and less every quarter." ((in 336 reviews)); "Friendly and good culture." ((in 223 reviews)); "good experience and you can definitely learn something new in the organization the work culture is good." ((in 163 reviews))

What are the cons of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and people tend to take things personally." ((in 294 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and product divestification" ((in 205 reviews)); "when people complained about low salaries among other things they prepared a plan to blame employees for been less friendly and negative towards eachothers... whatever..." ((in 180 reviews)); "Managers have so much put on them that they don’t have capacity to develop and coach employees." ((in 111 reviews)); "Senior leadership needs to be future focused rather than relying on what they have done in the past." ((in 80 reviews))

OpenText Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)

Ayman Antoun

100% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer Senior employees have rated OpenText with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer Senior professionals have a good working experience there. OpenText is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer Senior professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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281 reviews

3.0

Apr 4, 2026

Good Benefits with too much politics

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Team outings and Proper Planning on Project Implementations. Better Leave policies and focus on work life balance

Cons

Legacy products with too much of politics from senior management

5.0

Feb 24, 2026

Good company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Latest tech stacks is used.

Cons

no Cons as of now

4.0

Feb 18, 2026

good company , gives you scope to try out things if you prove your worth- transitioning to full week wfo

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Culture tech stack, comprehensive development of product- from accessibility , security compliance , scale , it is challenging and exciting good pay in house food

Cons

if your manager is micro managing, you might hate it. currently 4 days from office, soon transitioning to 5 day wfo

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