Sacramento, California, United States
IDR is seeking a OCR Developer to join one of our top clients for a remote opportunity. In this role, you’ll help design, enhance, and support OCR and intelligent document processing solutions that handle a wide range of real-world document inputs. This is a great opportunity to work on a large-scale, mission-critical initiative within a highly regulated environment, partnering with technical teams to improve extraction accuracy and document quality outcomes.
Position Overview for the OCR Developer:
- Develop and maintain OCR and intelligent document processing solutions across multiple document types and template variations
- Build and enhance document extraction pipelines for scanned documents, mobile photos, PDFs, and other inconsistent inputs
- Implement image preprocessing techniques (e.g., deskewing, denoising, contrast enhancement) to improve OCR accuracy
- Create automated image-quality assessments and decision workflows to route documents for processing vs. resubmission vs. manual review
- Establish and monitor confidence scoring, accuracy metrics, and regression testing to ensure stable extraction performance
Requirements for the OCR Developer:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 3+ years of experience building, implementing, or supporting production OCR or document processing solutions
- Hands-on experience with OCR tools/platforms (e.g., Tesseract, PaddleOCR, Google Document AI, or similar)
- Strong Python skills for developing and maintaining document processing workflows
- Experience with image preprocessing and working with unstructured/poor-quality document inputs (scans, mobile photos, compressed PDFs)
What's in it for you?
- Competitive compensation package
- Full Benefits; Medical, Vision, Dental, and more!
- Opportunity to get in with an industry leading organization.
Why IDR?
- 25+ Years of Proven Industry Experience in 4 major markets
- Employee Stock Ownership Program
- Dedicated Engagement Manager who is committed to you and your success.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Award winner 12 years in a row.