Boston College Libraries is seeking a Library Applications Developer to join
our enthusiastic, collaborative, and supportive team. We’re looking for someone
who will enjoy solving interesting problems, experimenting with new ideas, and
advocating for user needs.
As a Library Applications Developer, you will:
Collaborate with partners from across campus to develop and implement
practical, usable library services
Serve as technical lead from design to deployment while balancing interests and
requirements from a wide range of stakeholders
Discover and advocate for the needs of Students, Faculty, and Staff
Contribute to the team’s development and support methodologies
Report to the Head of Library Systems and Applications
You’ll love this role if you are passionate about application development and
are fascinated by the unique challenges of searching and using library
collections online. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the library and
university, including archivists, metadata specialists, and scholars.
Boston College Libraries operate in accordance with our Equity, Diversity, and
Inclusion values statement (library.bc.edu/edi), which is central to our
mission. We acknowledge historical, structural, and systemic injustices and are
actively working to build a culture that recognizes, values, and empowers all
people and provides space for discourse and growth. We expect applicants for
this position to demonstrate a commitment to sustaining a respectful,
accountable, and intentionally inclusive culture.
Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following
titles and hiring ranges:
We’re looking to make the right addition to our team. Salary is commensurate
with your experience developing web applications in a Linux/Unix environment.
Regardless of your experience level, we’re committed to supporting your growth
in this role.
Less than 3 years: Associate Library Applications Developer - $60,800 - $76,000
3-5 years: Library Applications Developer - $70,500 - $88,100
5 or more years: Senior Library Applications Developer - $77,750 - $97,200
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree
Occasional weekend or off-work hours are required to handle system outages and
routine maintenance.
Additional Qualifications:
You will thrive in this role if you have some of these skills, abilities, and
experiences:
You can effectively communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
You have demonstrated experience as a front-end and/or back-end developer
You’re committed to documentation, including authoring README files, updating
wiki pages, and adding descriptive code comments
You have experience with project management
You can configure and manage Linux web servers such as Apache, NGINX, and Tomcat
You are comfortable working with APIs
You have experience with collaborative version control such as Git
You actively participate in open-source software projects, including bug
reporting and contributing code
You have some knowledge or experience with search and indexing platforms such
as Solr or Elasticsearch
If you feel that you meet some but not all the requirements, don’t let a
confidence gap stop you from applying. Sometimes a list of qualifications can
miss the elements that would most strengthen our team; we value the many
different skills which make all of us unique.
Closing Statement
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on
your job classification eligibility:
Tuition remission for Employees
Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Low-Cost Life Insurance
Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b
Retirement Plans
Paid Holidays Annually
Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring
process and requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Boston
College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with
our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of
building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to
teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages
applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered
veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion
throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity
at https://www.bc.edu/offices/diversity.
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at
https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.
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