Senior Software Engineer, Dentrix Ascend
Software of Excellence
About Us Henry Schein One Canada builds technology that helps dental professionals, teams, and organizations work more efficiently and deliver better patient care. Recognized as one of the 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada through Great Place to Work®, we value collaboration, impact, and continuous improvement.
About Us Henry Schein One Canada builds technology that helps dental professionals, teams, and organizations work more efficiently and deliver better patient care. Recognized as one of the 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada through Great Place to Work®, we value collaboration, impact, and continuous improvement. Our Dentrix Ascend engineering team contributes to the development of Dentrix Ascend, our cloud-based practice management platform used by dental practices across the United States. Engineers in Canada work closely with product and engineering partners to build scalable features, improve system performance, and strengthen the reliability of a modern, cloud-native solution. This team plays an important role in driving technical quality, innovation, and continuous improvement for one of Henry Schein One’s growing cloud products.
About The Opportunity We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our True North team and help build and evolve Dentrix Ascend for the US market. In this role, you will design, develop, test, and deliver reliable software for a complex SaaS platform used by dental professionals throughout their day. You will work across the development lifecycle, contribute to technical decisions, resolve complex production issues, and help improve the quality and maintainability of the codebase. This is a hands‑on individual contributor role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and supporting the growth of other developers. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, UX, and Quality partners across our distributed organization. At Henry Schein One Canada, you will join a culture that embraces ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and open communication within a flexible, high‑performing environment.
Availability This is a hybrid role, with one day per week in our Surrey, BC office to support collaboration, brainstorming, and team connection. Our office is located across from Guildford Mall.
What You’ll Do
Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software for the Dentrix Ascend platform
Build high-quality backend services, APIs, database integrations, and user‑facing functionality
Translate product and business requirements into practical, maintainable technical solutions
Contribute to technical design discussions and make recommendations that balance delivery, scalability, performance, and long‑term maintainability
Write clean, secure, well‑tested code and participate actively in code reviews
Investigate and resolve complex production issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions
Improve application performance, reliability, monitoring, and development workflows
Collaborate with Product, UX, Quality, and other engineering teams throughout planning and delivery
Support engineering modernization initiatives, including framework, architecture, and tooling improvements
Mentor other developers through code reviews, pairing, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance
Contribute to team standards and engineering practices while remaining accountable for your own delivery commitments
Explore practical ways to use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and software quality
What You’ll Bring
5+ years of professional software development experience, including experience building complex web or SaaS applications
Strong experience with Java and modern object‑oriented software development
Experience with Groovy, Grails, Spring, or a comparable Java‑based framework
Experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs
Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling, and ORM frameworks
Experience writing unit, integration, and automated tests
Experience working with cloud‑based applications and modern development environments
Familiarity with CI/CD practices, version control, containerization, and production monitoring
Experience diagnosing performance, reliability, or scalability issues in production systems
Understanding of software architecture, common design patterns, and secure development practices
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a distributed team
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have
Experience with Groovy, Grails, Spock, Hibernate, or Liquibase
Experience with React or another modern frontend framework
Experience with microservices, distributed systems, or event‑driven architecture
Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS/SNS, or similar messaging technologies
Experience with AWS and Kubernetes
Experience profiling and optimizing application performance or database queries
Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, or similar platforms
Experience working with healthcare, dental, financial, or other complex workflow‑based software
Our Technologies and Tools
Java, Groovy, Grails
React
RESTful APIs
Kafka, RabbitMQ
PostgreSQL, Redis, MS SQL
Hibernate, Liquibase
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
GitLab, Gradle
Jira, Dynatrace
Cursor and other AI-assisted development tools
Our Recruiting Process
Introductory screening call with a Talent Acquisition team member
Short online behavioural and cognitive assessment
Interview with the Hiring Manager
Technical and Team Panel Interview
Compensation And Benefits The posted range for this position is between $130,000 CAD and $142,000 CAD, which is the expected starting base salary range for an employee who is new to the role through to someone who is fully proficient and experienced in the role. Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range, including prior experience, training, current skills, certifications, and education.
Our Benefits Also Include
3% RRSP matching
Comprehensive health benefits plan, including 100% drug coverage
Three weeks of paid vacation, growing up to five weeks with tenure
Unlimited paid flex days
Paid birthday off
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About Us Henry Schein One Canada builds technology that helps dental professionals, teams, and organizations work more efficiently and deliver better patient care. Recognized as one of the 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada through Great Place to Work®, we value collaboration, impact, and continuous improvement. Our Dentrix Ascend engineering team contributes to the development of Dentrix Ascend, our cloud-based practice management platform used by dental practices across the United States. Engineers in Canada work closely with product and engineering partners to build scalable features, improve system performance, and strengthen the reliability of a modern, cloud-native solution. This team plays an important role in driving technical quality, innovation, and continuous improvement for one of Henry Schein One’s growing cloud products.
About The Opportunity We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our True North team and help build and evolve Dentrix Ascend for the US market. In this role, you will design, develop, test, and deliver reliable software for a complex SaaS platform used by dental professionals throughout their day. You will work across the development lifecycle, contribute to technical decisions, resolve complex production issues, and help improve the quality and maintainability of the codebase. This is a hands‑on individual contributor role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and supporting the growth of other developers. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, UX, and Quality partners across our distributed organization. At Henry Schein One Canada, you will join a culture that embraces ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and open communication within a flexible, high‑performing environment.
Availability This is a hybrid role, with one day per week in our Surrey, BC office to support collaboration, brainstorming, and team connection. Our office is located across from Guildford Mall.
What You’ll Do
Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software for the Dentrix Ascend platform
Build high-quality backend services, APIs, database integrations, and user‑facing functionality
Translate product and business requirements into practical, maintainable technical solutions
Contribute to technical design discussions and make recommendations that balance delivery, scalability, performance, and long‑term maintainability
Write clean, secure, well‑tested code and participate actively in code reviews
Investigate and resolve complex production issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions
Improve application performance, reliability, monitoring, and development workflows
Collaborate with Product, UX, Quality, and other engineering teams throughout planning and delivery
Support engineering modernization initiatives, including framework, architecture, and tooling improvements
Mentor other developers through code reviews, pairing, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance
Contribute to team standards and engineering practices while remaining accountable for your own delivery commitments
Explore practical ways to use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and software quality
What You’ll Bring
5+ years of professional software development experience, including experience building complex web or SaaS applications
Strong experience with Java and modern object‑oriented software development
Experience with Groovy, Grails, Spring, or a comparable Java‑based framework
Experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs
Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling, and ORM frameworks
Experience writing unit, integration, and automated tests
Experience working with cloud‑based applications and modern development environments
Familiarity with CI/CD practices, version control, containerization, and production monitoring
Experience diagnosing performance, reliability, or scalability issues in production systems
Understanding of software architecture, common design patterns, and secure development practices
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a distributed team
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have
Experience with Groovy, Grails, Spock, Hibernate, or Liquibase
Experience with React or another modern frontend framework
Experience with microservices, distributed systems, or event‑driven architecture
Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS/SNS, or similar messaging technologies
Experience with AWS and Kubernetes
Experience profiling and optimizing application performance or database queries
Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, or similar platforms
Experience working with healthcare, dental, financial, or other complex workflow‑based software
Our Technologies and Tools
Java, Groovy, Grails
React
RESTful APIs
Kafka, RabbitMQ
PostgreSQL, Redis, MS SQL
Hibernate, Liquibase
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
GitLab, Gradle
Jira, Dynatrace
Cursor and other AI-assisted development tools
Our Recruiting Process
Introductory screening call with a Talent Acquisition team member
Short online behavioural and cognitive assessment
Interview with the Hiring Manager
Technical and Team Panel Interview
Compensation And Benefits The posted range for this position is between $130,000 CAD and $142,000 CAD, which is the expected starting base salary range for an employee who is new to the role through to someone who is fully proficient and experienced in the role. Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range, including prior experience, training, current skills, certifications, and education.
Our Benefits Also Include
3% RRSP matching
Comprehensive health benefits plan, including 100% drug coverage
Three weeks of paid vacation, growing up to five weeks with tenure
Unlimited paid flex days
Paid birthday off
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