Technical Lead

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. Watch our welcome video to see our work in action follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech and visit 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. Youll 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.

Are you ready for an exciting opportunity to lead a team of talented engineers and drive the use of cutting-edge technology that helps New Yorkers Were looking for a dynamic individual to lead a team of application developers that designs builds and supports the Citys custom-built server-side applications deployed to the cloud.

About our team: The Custom Applications team at OTI primarily builds public-facing and internal web applications to support City initiatives and operations. We take pride in utilizing modern technologies for most of our application portfolio including AWS containerization and Azure DevOps. As a technical lead youll be responsible for driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of whats possible in the world of cloud computing. Your expertise and vision will be critical in shaping the future of our organization and youll have the opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of residents and businesses in New York City.

Responsibilities will include:
-Lead a team building applications using modern technologies such as Java Spring Boot and JavaScript.
-Implement and support efficient and successful CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based solutions.
-Build resilient scalable maintainable and flexible cloud-based architectures.
-Work closely with other engineering teams to ensure applications are highly resilient.
-Use secure coding best practices and tools to ensure application components are secure.
-Work in a team-centric atmosphere to help move the team and the City into the future.
-Mentor and train engineers to make sure that they are current on the latest technologies.
-Interface with technical and business teams from developers to senior executives.
-Perform special projects and assignments as required.

HOURS/SHIFT
Day - Due to the necessary technical support duties of this position in a 24/7 operation candidate may be required to work ( overtime include for managers only) various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

WORK LOCATION
Brooklyn NY

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

Please go to and search for Job ID# 714189

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science engineering human computer interaction interactive media digital and graphics design data visualization communication or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology process methodology and/or domain; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science engineering human computer interaction interactive media digital and graphics design data visualization communication or a related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology process methodology and/or domain; or

3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology process methodology and/or domain; or

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

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time