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Lead Technology Developer - Charles Library - (21001889)

Job Description

The Temple University Library's and University Press are recruiting a Lead 
Software Developer to lead our growing team. Temple offers excellent health 
benefits, flexible work arrangements, and exciting development projects 
supporting our large patron population and distinct collections.

Reporting to the Director of Library Technology and Knowledge Management, 
working in close collaboration with the Assistant Director for Library 
Technology, the Head of Metadata and Digitization Services, and the Head of the 
Duckworth Digital Scholars Studio, the Lead Developer develops and maintains 
the technological infrastructure for library development projects which include 
the library’s main Content Management System, Discovery Layer, Digital 
Collections Infrastructure, Institutional Repositories, Exhibit curation 
systems, and scholarly publishing applications. The Lead Developer takes a 
substantial role in coordinating the development of the library’s architecture 
as a whole and thinks strategically about IT infrastructure and software 
platform choices. Provides leadership, in partnership with peer department 
heads, in the overall planning of IT systems. Gathers requirements and develops 
specifications, architects, implements, tests, and deploys projects. When 
appropriate, contributes the code generated to the open-source community. 
Maintains awareness of developments in the realm of library software and 
infrastructure. Supervises Senior and Junior programmers. Performs other 
related duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and three years’ experience managing 
library systems development and implementation. Demonstrated experience with 
application development in at least one major programming language like Ruby on 
Rails, PHP, or Java. Demonstrated experience with web-based development and 
software integration, for instance using REST APIs, and JSON or XML for data 
interoperability. Demonstrated experience with Unix/Linux, including basic 
administration, shell scripting, working with protocols like NFS and CIFS, and 
basic data storage management, and authentication and authorization 
technologies, including LDAP. Demonstrated experience with managed deployment 
tools for traditional and cloud-based environments. Experience managing 
programmers (full-time staff or student workers). An equivalent combination of 
education and experience may be considered.

Required Skills and Abilities:

* Demonstrated ability to perform effective code testing.
* Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage projects.
* Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative 
team-based environment and to communicate well with IT and non-IT staff.
* Demonstrated ability to write clear documentation.
 
Preferred:

* Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Science, Computer Science, 
Instructional Technology, or related field.
* Familiarity with Continuous Development /Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) 
technologies
* Experience developing/deploying/configuring Solr-based Discovery platforms 
such as Blacklight or VuFind
* Experience with repository systems, such as Samvera, Fedora, or DSpace
* Experience with exhibit curation systems like Omeka or Spotlight.
* Familiarity with library standards, such as, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, METS, 
EAD, and OAI-PMH.
* Experience working with Open-Source software
* Experience working in an Agile project management environment.
* Experience with software development in an academic library or higher 
education setting.

Temple University values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for 
all persons regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, 
national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any 
other status protected by law.

Compliance Statement: In the performance of their functions as detailed in the 
position description employees have an obligation to avoid ethical, legal, 
financial and other conflicts of interest to ensure that their actions and 
outside activities do not conflict with their primary employment 
responsibilities at the institution. Employees are also expected to understand 
and be in compliance with applicable laws, University and employment policies 
and regulations, including NCAA regulations for areas and departments which 
their essential functions cause them to interact.

To obtain additional information about Temple University please visit our 
website at www.temple.edu.  

Temple University's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains statistics, 
policies, and procedures related to campus safety and can be found at: 
https://safety.temple.edu/reports-logs/annual-security-report

You may request a copy of the report by calling Temple University’s Campus 
Safety Services at 215-204-7900.

Primary Location: Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Main Campus-Charles Library

Job: Staff

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Employee Status: Regular

 


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