[Hiring] Senior Backend Engineer @BiblioCommons

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer on our BiblioCore team to build new and existing platforms that will help millions of library users discover more physical and digital content. This is an exciting opportunity to design and implement challenging scalable and resilient systems, while being a technical leader and a mentor to the team. This role will also enable exercising leadership skills by leading projects, collaborating with multiple teams and making an impact on the growth of the business. The ideal candidate will embrace AI-first development practices:

• Working with coding agents through spec-driven development
• Weaving agentic workflows into the software development lifecycle
• Helping the broader team move faster and build smarter

You will enjoy and be successful in this role if you are:

• Great at debugging distributed systems
• Not afraid to step out of your comfort zone and dive deep
• Accountable and take ownership of your work
• Awesome at teaching others your skills
• Excited to accelerate the adoption of AI-enabled development
• Experienced in directing coding agents with clear, well-scoped specs
• Delivery focused and giving your best effort all the time
• Creative and enjoys brainstorming ideas with others
• Supportive and enjoys working as part of a team
• Passionate to self-improve
• Never content with the status quo

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend software development experience
• Proven experience with: Spring, Maven/Gradle and related Java technologies
• Strong theoretical foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices
• Demonstrated experience with AI-enabled development, including hands-on use of coding agents and AI coding tools
• Experience with spec-driven development using coding agents
• Familiarity or hands-on experience with agentic workflows in the SDLC
• Extensive experience building RESTful API applications and consuming third-party API integrations
• Experience debugging and optimizing large-scale, multi-threaded systems
• Have a mindset for end to end ownership of services
• Strong communication skills and collaborative across teams
• Knowledge of best practice industry techniques, tools and frameworks

Requirements

• Build new platforms and improve existing systems to enable millions of users to discover and consume relevant library content
• Integrate and work with third-party API solutions to augment BiblioCore functionality
• Champion AI-first development practices across the team
• Practice spec-driven development with coding agents
• Design and champion agentic workflows across the SDLC
• Use AI coding assistants and coding agents to streamline workflows
• Guide the technical direction for technical initiatives
• Take ownership for the design, development, and operationalization of features and systems
• Tackle tech debt at the right times for faster feature delivery
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis on systemic issues
• Participate in code review and best practice discussions
• Be a mentor to Junior and Intermediate Engineers

Benefits

• Company-wide bonus plan
• Health, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible work week schedule
• An extra day off on your birthday
• Support growth through professional development allocation and career development plans
• Regular hackathons and all-staff get-togethers

Salary Range

$110,000 - $130,000

Worker Type

Regular

Number of Openings Available

1