OCR Developer

IDR, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Full Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Job summary

IDR, Inc. is seeking an OCR Developer for a remote opportunity to design, enhance, and support OCR and intelligent document processing solutions for diverse inputs in a regulated environment.

You will build extraction pipelines and apply image preprocessing to improve accuracy, collaborating with technical teams to ensure high-quality outputs. Requires 3+ years of OCR experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on use of OCR tools such as Tesseract, PaddleOCR, or Google Document AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years building or supporting production OCR or document processing solutions.
• Hands-on experience with OCR tools (e.g., Tesseract, PaddleOCR, Google Document AI) and Python workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OCR and intelligent document processing solutions across multiple document types and templates.
• Build and enhance document extraction pipelines for scans, mobile photos, PDFs, and other inputs.
• Implement image preprocessing techniques to improve OCR accuracy.
• Create automated image-quality assessments and decision workflows for routing documents.

Skills

Python

OCR experience

Image preprocessing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Tesseract

PaddleOCR

Google Document AI

Job description

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.