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Join OCLC as a Lead Software Engineer and play a key role in modernizing UI for the WorldShare platform using React, while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring accessibility compliance.

Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain complex frontend applications using React, provide technical mentorship, and ensure adherence to accessibility standards.

Skills: Proficiency in JavaScript, React, Object Oriented Design, MVC, AJAX and familiarity with testing methodologies and server environments.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 8+ years of software development experience required.

Location: Corporate Office - Dublin, United States of America

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $120,000 - $160,000.

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The Job Details are as follows:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Front-End Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal to the success of a large UI modernization project on our WorldShare platform. You will be responsible for both writing high-quality code and mentoring engineers as they learn and adopt React. In addition to your expertise in JavaScript and React, a strong understanding of coding for accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards is essential. Your leadership will ensure a smooth transition, elevate our engineering team’s skill set, and create an accessible platform for all users. 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex frontend applications using React.
• Design, program, build, deploy, and maintain software applications and systems such as databases, cloud, or operating systems.
• Analyze and modify existing software as well as design, construct, and test end-user applications that meet user needs.
• Participate in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
• Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional.
• Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to team members, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing among team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline required and/or 8+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with:
• React
• Object Oriented Design (and UML notation and patterns)
• JAVA
• SOA based systems
• Hessian
• MVC (Struts or Spring)
• JavaScript
• CSS
• AJAX
• Experience with Linux (or any UNIX for that matter) and some with Windows would be required
• Familiarity with unit testing, integration testing and performance/stress testing
• Excellent communication skills is a must
• 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.
• Must have the ability to concentrate on a strictly technical focus, project management or a combination of the two depending on interests and project load of the work unit.

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.