Senior Product Engineer | City of New York Jobs

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity, improve public safety, and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services, OTI is at the forefront of how the city delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. Follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech, and visit www.nyc.gov/oti to learn more.

At OTI, we offer great benefits, and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology.

OUR WORK
NYC Office of Technology and Innovation is building the technology, products, and services to deliver on the Affordability Agenda. This team designs, builds, and launches public-facing products for New Yorkers.

JOB DESCRIPTION
We are hiring Senior Product Engineers across the stack to design, build, and ship resident-facing products. This is a hands-on role. You will pair closely with product managers, designers, user researchers, policy teams, and other city employees to move from problem statements to working products and services for New Yorkers. You will write code across systems, integrate with city agency data sources and legacy systems, and work alongside policy and legal stakeholders. You will also lead modern engineering practices for the team: how we use generative coding tools, productionize, document processes, responsibly hand off products to other teams for production support, and balance speed with the reliability standards of a city government service.

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
-Design, build, and ship applications from concept to launch. Own meaningful components of the product end-to-end or focus on specific components (frontend, backend, mobile, or data pipelines) as needed.
-Move quickly through rapid prototyping, MVP iteration, pilot, and public launch, making pragmatic tradeoffs between scope, quality, and timing.
-Build integrations with government data sources, including modern APIs, flat-file feeds, open data portals, and older legacy systems that may require creative solutions.
-Partners with product managers, designers, engineers, and other OTI employees on day-to-day product decisions, participate in user research and design reviews, and contribute to scoping and prioritization.
-Coordinate with the wider OTI team on hosting, performance testing, accessibility audits, and security reviews so that products meet the city's quality and production standards.
-Work directly with agency staff, policy advisors, and legal counsel to translate complex eligibility rules and regulations into clear, accurate product logic.
-Write clear technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture notes so that products can be maintained and extended after launch.
-Contribute to reusable patterns, components, and infrastructure that make the next quarter's project faster to ship than the last one.
-Help shape the engineering culture of a small, mission-driven team, including code review, mentorship, and onboarding for future hires.
-Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.

HOURS/SHIFT
Day - Due to the necessary technical duties of this position in a 24/7 operation, candidate may be required to work various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

WORK LOCATION
Brooklyn, NY

TO APPLY
Please go to www.cityjobs/jobs/search and search for Job ID #782364

* Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration

SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW
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SENIOR IT ARCHITECT - 95711

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and ten years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

Preferred Skills

The successful candidate should possess the following skills and experience:-5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production software. -Full-stack experience, comfortable working across the frontend, backend, and data layer, even if you have a stronger affinity for one of them. -Direct, hands-on experience taking a product from concept through launch, not only maintaining or extending existing systems. -Experience working on small, cross-functional product teams alongside product managers, designers, and other engineers. -Working fluency with modern software development practices, including version control, code review, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and observability. -Strong written and verbal communication. You can explain technical decisions to non-engineers, write clear documentation, and represent the team in conversations with agency partners and senior stakeholders. -Hands-on experience integrating with legacy systems, such as mainframes, FTP-based data feeds, undocumented APIs, or workflows that begin as PDFs and spreadsheets. -Practical, day-to-day experience using generative and agentic coding tools in real production workflows, and clear opinions on where they help, where they get in the way, and how to use them responsibly. -Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508) and experience shipping products that meet them. -Experience with mobile-first responsive design and building for users on low-end devices and slow connections. -Experience handling user data with appropriate privacy and security practices. -Experience running or participating in user research, including interviews with members of the public. -Open-source contributions or other publicly visible work. -Comfort with ambiguity. Ability to define problems, ask the right questions, and turn it into a buildable plan.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.