Senior Architect - Resource Sharing

OCLC • Full-time • Hybrid in Dublin, United States of America • 1w ago

Fast Facts

OCLC is seeking a Senior Architect for Resource Sharing to lead the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring solutions align with product strategy and improve overall system integrity. This role offers a collaborative environment focused on innovation and technology that impacts libraries worldwide.

Responsibilities: The Senior Architect will own architectural integrity, guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and prototype systems while ensuring scalable and secure solutions that meet organizational goals.

Skills: Expertise in software architecture, system design, programming, and problem-solving, along with the ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to diverse teams.

Qualifications: Master’s degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience of 10-14 years without a Master’s, along with proven leadership in the software development industry.

Location: Corporate Office - Dublin, United States of America

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $100,000 - $150,000.

Together we make breakthroughs possible.

At OCLC, we build technology with a purpose: to connect libraries and make knowledge accessible worldwide, because we believe that what is known must be shared. Our teams work with complex global datasets, AI and machine learning, hybrid cloud solutions, and other technologies that connect people and organizations to the information they need. We value the power of unique perspectives and experiences to unlock innovation. At OCLC, your ideas matter, whether you have two years of experience or 20. You’ll learn, create, and problem-solve with technologists, product developers, librarians, researchers, marketing pros, and support teams around the world.

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:

Performs high level analysis and design of software programs and systems. Create, analyze, design, modify and test programs and systems. Architect and prototype systems.

Major Responsibilities:

Own the architectural integrity of assigned systems, ensuring solutions are cohesive, scalable, and aligned with long-term product and platform direction.
Translate product strategy into executable technical architecture, guiding teams from concept through delivery.
Act as the senior technical advisor to engineering and product leadership on complex system design, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
Drive architectural clarity through lightweight decision records, diagrams, and standards that accelerate delivery rather than slow it.
Identify systemic risks, technical debt, and cross-team dependencies early, and help teams resolve them pragmatically.
Champion secure-by-design, observable, resilient, and operable architectures suitable for globally deployed SaaS products.
Foster alignment across teams by promoting shared patterns, reusable services, and consistent engineering practices.
Mentor engineers and technical leads, strengthening architectural thinking across the organization.
Provide leadership to organization in specific area of expertise.
Assumes the technical lead and is the architect for major OCLC systems or concepts.
Insures that information and trends within their area of expertise are effectively communicated to relevant business units within OCLC.
Prototyping systems in anticipation of new requirements.
Develops functional requirements from prototype systems.
Analyze and solve problems in existing systems.
Design, code and test multiple modules of a system in a timely manner.
Uses industry standard programming techniques to translate requirements and designs into code.
Evaluates and recommends major changes to development practices and continually seeks improvements to development procedures in such areas as -
New languages and operating systems,
Relevant ISO and NISO standards within OCLC projects,
Improvements to system performance and design, and
Interpretation of all OCLC ISO-9000 procedures and the SDLC, as they pertain to their work unit.
Insures that project teams plan and participate in load, capacity, and performance analysis and/or testing.
Represents OCLC’s position by participating on or leading relevant standards committees such as ISO, NISO, ACM, and IEEE Leads the implementation of standards within OCLC systems.
Identifies new opportunities with 3rd party solutions and technique for OCLC applications with the ability to understand the impact and analyze the risk.
Participates in major architectural reviews and plans.
Other tasks as assigned.
Minimum qualifications:
Master’s degree required plus 8 to 12 years experience at a high technical level of knowledge and experience. (Equivalent experience without a Master’s degree is 10 to 14 years experience at a high technical level of knowledge and experience.)
Candidate must be sponsored by an OCLC Vice President
Demonstrated a proven ability to provide corporate wide leadership in their area of expertise.
Possesses specific industry expertise in one area such as user Interfaces, telecom, performance, or a single large OCLC system.
Ability to implement industry standard programming techniques by
Mastering advanced fundamental software development concepts, practices, and procedures, and
Having the ability to analyze and solve problems in existing systems.

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.