Senior Engineer: Library Systems

This role is available to current employees within IT Services at the University of Leeds only.

Interviews expected to be held 17 December 2025

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a skilled Application Engineer with a passion for supporting and developing key services, and in working closely with University Library colleagues wish to help deliver a world class Library service?

In this role you will focus on providing support and development for a diverse range of existing services and applications, including responsibilities for effective incident management. Your main focus will be to help deliver the support and development of the university's Library Management System (LMS), named Alma, which is the primary enterprise resource planning system for the Library. You will also be involved in extracting, transforming, and loading data into both the LMS and other Library and University systems via data pipelines including APIs.

As well as providing responsive support for these services, you will also lead the managed development of the systems in liaison with Library and IT colleagues. This could include the design and implementation of new tools or the integration of existing tools with new technologies in order to deliver a seamless resource discovery experience for users and the maximum efficiency for Library staff.

You will utilise your skills, knowledge, and experience to provide high quality reactive and proactive application support and development. You will have extensive skills and experience in a scripting language. One or more of PHP, Python or C# would be ideal but other programming experience would be acceptable with a willingness to learn other scripting languages as required.

Working in a complex environment, your work will involve ensuring user documentation developed and maintained in line with standard operating procedures to ensure alignment with industry best practice, IT standards and regulatory compliance.

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