Hybrid Lead Software Engineer – Data Access Team

at OCLC

• Job title: Lead Software Engineer – Data Access Team
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Gradle, Java, Linux, Maven, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dublin, United States

About the role

• Lead Software Engineer providing technical leadership in developing core data storage APIs and pipelines at OCLC. Join a mission-driven team transforming access to global information through technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and support of core data storage APIs and pipelines for supporting real-time updates and retrieval of bibliographic content
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to a team of engineers by guiding architecture decisions, conducting regular code reviews to ensure adherence to industry best practices and standards, and fostering a collaborative, cross-functional culture.
• Translate product and technical requirements into scalable, fault-tolerant service implementations focusing on throughput, latency, and 24×7 reliability.
• Own and evolve core services , including WorldCat Access APIs, delivery workflows, partner/customer endpoints, and orchestration logic.
• Drive modernization efforts including containerization, observability improvements, service decomposition, and cloud-ready architecture patterns.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure end-to-end performance, alignment, and consistency across the WorldCat ecosystem.
• Improve delivery reliability and automation , reducing manual intervention through enhanced tooling, monitoring, and proactive issue detection.
• Lead cross-team engineering initiatives for new features, performance enhancements, platform integrations, and capacity planning.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that strengthen long-term architecture, maintainability, and operational health in support of OCLC’s mission

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 7 years of backend or distributed systems development experience
• Expert-level proficiency in: Java, object-oriented design, distributed service patterns
• Spring Boot, Spring Framework
• Build tools, such as Maven or Gradle
• RESTful API design and implementation
• High-throughput, resilient service architecture
• Strong experience with Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and Git.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with proven ability to lead and mentor engineers.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience integrating AI tools, frameworks, and concepts into the software development process.

Benefits

• Free use of our on-site fitness center, gym sports, group exercise classes, and game room
• Onsite catering and cafeteria subsidized by OCLC
• Health and wellness events
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
• Tuition reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
• Company-subsidized pricing on local tickets and memberships