Lead Software Engineer

Location: Dublin, OH / Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Why join OCLC? 

OCLC is consistently recognized as a best place to work by several independent programs. We recognize and reward people and results with a comprehensive Total Rewards package. This means competitive compensation that reflects your unique contributions—performance, experience, and skills—along with exceptional benefits, including best-in-class health coverage, retirement plans with generous company contributions, and a commitment to your overall well-being.

• We know the best ideas don’t always happen at a desk. Take a walking meeting around our 100-acre campus or enjoy lunch on the patio. We’re committed to your success—both personally and professionally. Hybrid work environment: For many roles, three days a week on-site, with occasional additional days based on business needs. 

• 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 

• Work environments with individual and team spaces and the latest technology tools 

• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance 

• Tuition reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility 

• Company-subsidized pricing on local tickets and memberships 

Join us in transforming how people everywhere access information and be part of a mission-driven team that makes a global impact. 

The job details are as follows:

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement complex features and systems.

• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team.

• Participate in architectural discussions and decisions.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure code quality standards

• Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.

• 7+ years of software development experience.

• Terraform: Strong to expert proficiency in Terraform, skilled in building infrastructure-as-code using both custom and 3rd party provider stacks. Experienced deploying SaaS infrastructure and applications under a 24/7/365 support expectation.

• Continuous Delivery: Strong proficiency architecting, designing, and implementing continuous delivery pipelines. Experience collaborating with development, QA, and security teams to build workflows that support governance and technical requirements.

• Containers: Strong proficiency designing and deploying container-based compute workloads. Solid understanding of Dockerfiles and containerization principles.

• Public Cloud Design: Strong proficiency designing infrastructure in the AWS cloud. Broad knowledge of networking, compute, storage, and services and experienced designing infrastructure footprints. Experience with Azure or GCP public clouds may be suitable.

• Kubernetes: Strong proficiency deploying application with Kubernetes, including an understanding of core principles and components. Familiarity with Helm charts a strong preference.

• Strong programming skills in one or more languages.

• Extensive experience with software development methodologies.

• Ability to lead and mentor teams.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Deep understanding of database systems.

• Experience with cloud platforms.

• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.

• Experience integrating AI tools, frameworks, and concepts into the software development process.

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.