# Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Skill · Data Science, Analytics and AI/ML

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that converts images of typed, handwritten, or printed text, such as scanned documents or photos, into machine-readable and editable text. It uses pattern recognition and, increasingly, machine learning models to identify characters and reconstruct text with layout information. OCR is widely used by businesses and developers to digitize paper records, automate data entry, and make scanned documents searchable, with tools like Tesseract, Adobe Acrobat, and Google Vision API being common implementations.

## Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the job market

- Open roles: 5
- Employers hiring: 4
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Roles that use Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

- [Finance Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/finance-systems-engineer) — 1
- [Software Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-developer) — 1
- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 1
- [Solutions Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/solutions-architect) — 1

Related skills: [Computer Vision](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/computer-vision), [Document Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/document-management), [Image Processing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/image-processing), [Adobe Acrobat](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/adobe-acrobat)

## Open roles requiring Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (5)

- [Lead AI Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/29c1655f-3069-4c2d-9079-766375f7fd3c/lead-ai-architect-at-cigna) at [Cigna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cigna)
- [Senior Software Engineer – AI & Workflow Automation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b4a8317e-a28f-415b-9b98-ae3fa43a3568/senior-software-engineer-ai-workflow-automation-at-deluxe-media) at [Deluxe Media](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/deluxe-media) — Burbank, CA, $170,000 – $200,000
- [Intelligent Automation Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6084d09a-1109-41bc-9169-72ee98f90e43/intelligent-automation-developer-at-auto-owners-insurance) at [Auto-Owners Insurance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/auto-owners-insurance) — Full-time, Lansing, MI
- [Sr. SAP AP / VIM Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/85be54ac-da03-4368-85ff-f9ebdcabefeb/sr-sap-ap-vim-engineer-at-moderna) at [Moderna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moderna)
- [Sr. SAP Tax & Vertex Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/fadfbd7b-01c2-431c-9ad6-57d0552458e7/sr-sap-tax-vertex-engineer-at-moderna) at [Moderna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moderna)