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 skilled 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
We try to make our process as straightforward as possible while giving you and us opportunities to learn about each other.

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

For us, hiring is always human first. Every application is personally reviewed, every interview is human-to-human, and we only use AI tools to support listening and accuracy, never to replace real connection.

We pride ourselves on fostering a flexible, high-performing culture that is inclusive and supports professional growth. As a future team member, you will embrace ownership, transparency, communication, and collaboration.

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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📌 Senior Software Engineer, Dentrix Ascend (British Columbia)
🏢 Henry Schein One group
📍 British Columbia