Senior Software Architect - AI-Driven Cloud & Platform Leader

OCLC; Dublin (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite fitness center access

Cafeteria subsidies

Health and wellness events

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Ticket/membership discounts

Job summary

OCLC seeks a Senior Software Architect to define and evolve the long-term technical architecture of its Resource Sharing platform. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Technology leadership to deliver scalable, secure systems used by libraries worldwide.

As a senior technical leader, you will set architectural direction, mentor engineers, and guide modernization efforts while evaluating AI-enabled practices to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, with 8–10 years of experience.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a multi-year architectural roadmap that aligns technology investments with product strategy and business objectives.
• Define and evolve architectural direction that supports long-term product, platform, and business goals.
• Translate business and product requirements into scalable, maintainable, and secure technical solutions.
• Lead modernization efforts involving cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and data platforms.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on complex technical challenges, system design decisions, modernization strategies, and technology investments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software engineering and autonomous development workflows, determining where they create measurable value and improve business outcomes.
• Partner with engineering leadership to improve developer productivity, platform capabilities, and engineering effectiveness through architectural improvements and automation.
• Drive architectural governance through influence and collaboration rather than process, enabling teams to move quickly while maintaining consistency.
• Champion secure, resilient, observable, and highly available system designs.
• Identify and help address technical debt, architectural risks, and cross-team dependencies through pragmatic, business-focused solutions.
• Create lightweight architecture documentation, decision records, standards, and reference patterns that accelerate delivery and promote consistency.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders, fostering architectural thinking and engineering excellence across the organization.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technology planning, and strategic technical initiatives.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

JavaScript

SQL

Spring Boot

Spring WebFlux

REST APIs

OpenAPI

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

MySQL

Oracle

Redis

New Relic

OpenTelemetry

AI-Assisted Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

OpenAPI

OAuth 2.0

JWT

PostgreSQL

Redis

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

OCLC seeks a Senior Software Architect to define and evolve the long-term technical architecture of its Resource Sharing platform. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Technology leadership to deliver scalable, secure systems used by libraries worldwide.

As a senior technical leader, you will set architectural direction, mentor engineers, and guide modernization efforts while evaluating AI-enabled practices to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.