Job Description:

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:

The Lead Software Engineer will join the development staff that is developing the software for the WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager product.  The Lead Software Engineer on the Search team at OCLC will perform analysis and design of software programs and systems and create, analyze, design, modify and test programs and systems.

• Uses industry standard programming techniques to translate requirements and designs into code.


• Work with cross functional teams to gain knowledge of different product requirements to design, implement and/or delegate this work to other developers on team.


• Perform high level analysis and design software for new and existing systems.


• Design, code and test multiple modules of a system in a timely manner.


• Participates in unit, system, performance and acceptance testing by designing tests, building test data, test execution and evaluation, along with recommending/making improvements/fixes to the tested system.


• Champion the use of the latest innovations in search technologies


• Leads in developing and interpreting requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Science-related discipline required.


• Skills typically represented by 5-7 years of software development experience.


• Coding skills in Java, Gradle, Spring, REST, experience with query parser technologies such as Lucene or Solr desirable.


• Experience working with Big Data.


• Understanding of Search concepts, expertise with large-scale search systems is a plus.


• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix.


• Experience in object-oriented programming.


• Understanding of Database design principles.


• Strong oral, written and presentation skills.


• Creative and innovative thinker.


• Ability to work and communicate effectively in a team environment.

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.

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