Senior Software Engineer I, Python

The New York Public Library

full-time

Posted on: 9/18/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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💰 $125,000 - $135,000 per year

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About the role

This role is based in NYC - and requires work in the office 3 days a week in NYC
Overview: Lead technical efforts to expand access and discoverability of public domain and open access materials; build integrations with external sources and internal catalogs; innovate on organization and searchability of metadata; contribute to launch of patron-facing AI product integrating Generative AI and LLMs.
Own: Scholarly eBooks APIs; ETL pipelines for metadata and content; technical decisions and implementations
Teach: Support and mentor other engineers; present to stakeholders; build support among parties
Learn: Understand library science practices; expertise in AI Engineering with LLMs and vector DBs; connect metadata across applications; keep up with software engineering standards
Improve: Grow as team member and leader; develop domain-level technical expertise
Responsibilities: Design and implement scalable software; collaborate with multiple teams; build software following best practices; develop test suites; create technical documentation; identify and remediate tech debt; provide feedback during code reviews; communicate across disciplines; assume additional responsibilities as required

Required Education and Certifications: Bachelor’s Degree - OR - the required experience below
Required Experience: Equivalent 4 years hands-on development experience on relevant tech stack
6-10 years in backend development
Required Skills: 4+ years in Python application development
Production experience with one or more Python web frameworks (Flask, Django, etc.)
Proficiency in SQL and relational databases such as mySQL, Postgres, etc.
Proficiency with version control systems and git
Experience with CI/CD tools like Travis, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.
Familiarity with other languages (PHP, Ruby or Java preferred)
Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Scrum & Kanban
Familiarity with a major cloud computing platform (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)