Senior Architect Public Library and Resource Sharing
OCLC, Inc.4 months ago
Dublin, OH, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and communicate a multi-year architectural roadmap aligned with product strategy and business objectives.
- Define and evolve scalable, maintainable, secure, resilient, and highly available technical architectures.
- Lead modernization efforts involving cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and data platforms.
- Advise engineering leadership on system design, modernization strategies, technology investments, and complex technical challenges.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software engineering and autonomous development workflows.
- Improve developer productivity, platform capabilities, and engineering effectiveness through architecture and automation.
- Drive architectural governance through influence and collaboration across teams.
- Identify and address technical debt, architectural risks, and cross-team dependencies.
- Create architecture documentation, decision records, standards, and reference patterns.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders and participate in architecture reviews and strategic technical initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 8–10 years of experience demonstrating a high level of technical knowledge and expertise.
- Proven experience designing and evolving large-scale, distributed, cloud-based software systems.
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, integration patterns, cloud platforms, and data technologies.
- Experience translating business and product strategy into technical architecture and implementation plans.
- Experience leading modernization efforts and driving architectural improvements in complex environments.
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance strategy and execution.
- Excellent communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience mentoring engineers and technical leaders.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools and emerging engineering practices.
- Preferred qualifications include technical breadth across platforms and architectural styles, business-oriented technology judgment, adaptability, and collaborative leadership.
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment, typically three days per week on-site, with occasional additional days based on business needs.
- Comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans with generous company contributions, and wellness support.
- Free use of the on-site fitness center, gym sports, group exercise classes, and game room.
- Onsite catering and a subsidized cafeteria.
- Health and wellness events.
- Individual and team workspaces with current technology tools.
- Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
- Tuition reimbursement and eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- Company-subsidized pricing on local tickets and memberships.
Tech Stack
DockerGitHub ActionsJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLPostgreSQLRedisSpring BootSQLTerraformTypeScript
Categories
About OCLC, Inc.
OCLC is a nonprofit global library cooperative that provides shared technology, data, and research services to libraries, including WorldCat—the worldwide union catalog—and WorldShare Management Services for library operations and interlibrary loan. It sustains itself through membership and subscriptions from libraries and cultural institutions. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC serves thousands of member libraries in more than 100 countries.