Lead Software Engineer

You have a life. We like that about you. At OCLC, we believe you'll do the best work of your life when you're living the best life possible.

We work hard to build the technology that connects thousands of today's libraries. But we also work hard to make a job at OCLC a meaningful part of a balanced life- not a substitute for one.

Technology with a Purpose. OCLC supports thousands of libraries in making information more accessible and more useful to people around the world.

OCLC provides shared technology services, original research and community programs that help libraries meet the ever-evolving needs of their users, institutions, and communities.

With office locations around the globe, OCLC employees are dedicated to offering premier services and software to help libraries.

The Job Details are as follows : Technology with a Purpose. OCLC supports thousands of libraries in making information more accessible and more useful to people around the world.

OCLC provides shared technology services, original research and community programs that help libraries meet the ever-evolving needs of their users, institutions and communities.

With office locations around the globe, OCLC employees are dedicated to offering premier services and software to help libraries cut costs while keeping pace with the demands of our information-driven society.

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our team! Responsibilities :

• Design, program, build, deploy, and maintain software applications and systems such as databases, cloud, or operating systems.
• Analyze and modify existing software as well as design, construct, and test end-user applications that meet user needs.
• Participate in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
• Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional.
• Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to team members, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing among team members. Qualifications :
• 8+ years of Java software development experience.
• Coding skills in XML, Junit, and testing frameworks (like Mockito, Jmock, etc), and Groovy are highly desirable.
• Experience with Linux (or any UNIX for that matter)
• Experience with Big Data technologies using Hadoop ecosystem (HBase, MR, Spark, Sqoop, Kafka Streaming etc.)
• Experience with Cloud based technologies including, but not limited to, AWS and Snowflake.
• Experience in Microservice Architecture is desired.
• Strong desire to innovate and develop new technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to implement industry standard programming techniques by Mastering advanced fundamental software development concepts, practices, and procedures, and having the ability to analyze and solve problems in existing systems.
• Must have the ability to concentrate on a strictly technical focus, project management or a combination of the two depending on interests and project load of the work unit.

Working Conditions : Normal office environment. ADA / EAA : The above statements cover what are generally believed to be the principal and essential functions of this job.

Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.