Together we make breakthroughs possible.
At OCLC, we build technology with a purpose: to connect libraries and make knowledge accessible worldwide, because we believe that what is known must be shared. Our teams work with complex global datasets, AI and machine learning, hybrid cloud solutions, and other technologies that connect people and organizations to the information they need. We value the power of unique perspectives and experiences to unlock innovation. At OCLC, your ideas matter, whether you have two years of experience or 20. You’ll learn, create, and problem-solve with technologists, product developers, librarians, researchers, marketing pros, and support teams around the world.
The job details are as follows:
Major Responsibilities:
- Lead a self-managed team delivering a greenfield platform for WorldCat Entities and related linked data applications; partner closely with Product and stakeholders to define outcomes, milestones, and delivery plans.
- Drive architecture and technical direction for high-scale services supporting entity creation, enrichment, reconciliation, and search/discovery use cases.
- Contribute hands-on through design docs, technical spikes, PRs, code reviews, pairing, and occasionally owning end-to-end features.
- Ensure production readiness: SLAs, monitoring/alerting, incident response, disaster recovery practices, and operational documentation for 24/7 services.
- Guide data pipeline and integration work with external/internal sources (e.g., authority feeds), including automation, data quality, and repeatable refresh processes.
- Lead modern API and service design (REST and event-driven patterns where appropriate), with attention to performance, accessibility, and backward compatibility.
- Establish and evolve engineering practices: CI/CD, automated testing, secure-by-default development, release hygiene, and dependency/vulnerability management.
- Coach and develop engineers via feedback, mentoring, and growth plans; foster strong team norms around ownership, code quality, and pragmatic decision-making.
- Coordinate cross-team technical work (platform, security, infrastructure, and partner teams) and communicate tradeoffs, risks, and progress to senior leadership.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years in a technical leadership role (engineering manager, tech lead, or player-coach).
- Strong coding ability and system design depth; demonstrated experience building and operating distributed services in production.
- Experience with Java/Spring Boot services and modern cloud-native deployment patterns (containers, microservices).