[Hiring] Software Engineer @Open Staffing Foundation

Role Description

Reports to the Director of Democracy’s Library and will work as a member of the Democracy's Library U.S. team. Responsibilities include:

• Designing, building, and maintaining technical infrastructure.
• Ensuring pathways to government documents and public records can be reliably acquired, processed, and made accessible at scale to the public.
• Ensuring integrity, quality, and completeness of collection data throughout the ingestion and storage lifecycle.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated data ingestion pipelines that integrate seamlessly with Internet Archive’s platform.
• Integrate backend infrastructure with Internet Archive’s systems to ensure collections are accurately deposited, cataloged, and made accessible.
• Develop and maintain Python-based scripts, tools, and services that support the library’s collection workflow from acquisition to public access.
• Collaborate closely with the Collections Manager and other team members to understand content acquisition priorities and translate them into technical workflows.
• Support bridge-building efforts between collections and engineering to ensure government documents and public records are reliably acquired, processed, and made accessible.
• Build and maintain APIs and backend services that support internal collection management and enable easy discovery and access to library collections.
• Monitor and maintain pipeline integrity and completeness of collection data throughout the ingestion and storage lifecycle.
• Perform diagnostics and implement improvements to ensure reliability and completeness of collection data.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices within the team.
• Draft and maintain easy to understand technical documentation and reference guides for systems, pipelines, APIs, and data models.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• A commitment to the mission: to provide, “Universal Access to All Knowledge.”
• Ability to stay focused, organized, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Able to verbally communicate technical concepts in an easy to understand manner to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Strong technical writing skills, able to produce clear documentation and reference guides for systems, APIs, and workflows.
• Proficient in Python; comfortable building and maintaining data pipelines and backend services.
• Proficient in Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, and Confluence.
• Capable of solving complex technical problems with sound judgment and practical approaches — solution-oriented.
• Able to assess trade-offs in system design and make informed decisions about pipeline architecture and data quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Two (2) or more years of professional-level experience in a software development, data engineering, or systems development role.
• Experience writing Python for data pipelines, automation, or backend systems.
• Experience working with application programming interfaces (APIs); consumption, build-out, and/or maintaining them in a production environment.
• Experience working with Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, and Zoom.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including PTO, paid holidays, medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter benefits.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Retirement programs.