Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Web, IT, DevOps, Full Stack
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- from 60.000 € gross/year
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop the backend of the VuFind Discovery System using PHP, integrate data and APIs, optimize search logic in Solr, and ensure efficient development processes through clean code quality.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Full-Stack development and technical responsibility for the VuFind implementation. This includes modifications in the PHP backend, VuFind modules, and Solr definitions, as well as the associated data provisioning pipelines.
- Backend development and customization: You develop the backend logic of our new discovery system VuFind based on PHP.
- Data integration and API management: You design and implement interfaces (REST, OAI-PMH, etc.) for connecting library management systems (e.g., Alma), repositories, and external data sources.
- Search engine technology: You optimize and configure the indexing and search logic in Apache Solr.
- Architecture and Deployment: You design the target architecture in collaboration with the operations managers and make decisions regarding the technical framework of a multi-tenant system.
- Code quality: You establish clean and well-testable development practices within the core team. This includes sustainable software architecture, quality assurance through internal reviews, and automated deployments via CI/CD pipelines.
- Bridge function: You work closely within an interdisciplinary team with system librarians who provide metadata and workflows, as well as collaborate with DevOps colleagues. You monitor developments in the relevant international VuFind and open-source community.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Several years of practical experience as a Full-Stack Developer, whether through formal education, studies, or an alternative path. What matters is what you have built, maintained, and operated productively.
Qualifications
- Analytical foresight: You are not afraid of complex, hierarchical data structures (e.g., XML, JSON, or library formats such as MARC21 or Dublin Core).
- Frontend technologies: Knowledge of JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 to support and coordinate with the frontend is a big plus.
- You have the ability to convey complex technical issues and can translate requirements into clear technical solutions together with subject matter experts, working towards a common goal.
- Previous library experience is not a requirement but is advantageous.
- Very good German skills and technical English
Experience
- Extensive experience in server-side development with PHP: ideally with current frameworks such as Laminas or Laravel – or proven solid experience in a comparable environment and the willingness to quickly and thoroughly familiarize oneself with the required programming languages.
- Data and search know-how: practical experience with relational databases (e.g., MariaDB, MySQL) and ideally some initial exposure to search engines like Apache Solr or Elasticsearch are a definite plus.
- Proficient in DevOps tools: experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD, Linux environments, package managers, and Kubernetes.
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What we offer
- A meaningful work environment where your work makes a real contribution to the knowledge society.
- Real opportunities for shaping: You significantly influence processes, workflows, and standards of a strategic future project.
- A collegial team with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
- Generous flexible working hours and options for remote work
- A modern workplace in the heart of Vienna (U2, U4, Line 2, 5A)
- Ergonomic equipment, social benefits, and regular training
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About Your Employer
Die Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund u. Service GmbH
Wien
The OBVSG provides a wide range of services and IT solutions for modern library and information management.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Media, Publishing, Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Lead Developer Discovery System
- Salary
- from 60.000 € gross/yearEstimated net salary based on the gross salary in the job ad.from 41.102 € net/year
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
