Application Developer

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy safe and clean by collecting recycling and disposing of waste cleaning City streets and vacant lots and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nations largest municipal sanitation agency with nearly 10000 employees 59 district garages and a fleet of more than 5000 trucks cars and other types of equipment. The Department clears litter snow and ice from approximately 6500 miles of City streets and removes debris from vacant lots as well as abandoned vehicles from City streets.

We are seeking a highly skilled Application Developer to join our team focusing on the design implementation and optimization of robust enterprise applications. This is a hands-on role where you will be instrumental in building scalable backend services and integrating them across various departmental systems. You will be part of a collaborative environment translating business requirements into high-quality functional software solutions.

Key Responsibilities
-Design develop and implement efficient and scalable RESTful APIs for backend services.
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to define design and ship new features and solutions.
-Write clean maintainable and efficient code Core best practices.
-Manage and optimize data storage solutions by creating stored procedures and complex SQL queries in SQL Server including troubleshooting performance issues.
-Implement robust security measures for public-facing applications and APIs ensuring data integrity and protection.
-Utilize Docker and modern containerization practices for application deployment and scaling.
-Conduct thorough unit and integration testing and participate in code reviews to ensure software quality and adherence to standards.
-Integrate third-party APIs (e.g. Google Maps API Fulcrum API) as needed to enhance application functionality.
-Contribute to the entire application lifecycle from concept and design to deployment and support within an Agile or Scrum environment.

CERT IT DEVELOPER (APP) - 13643

Qualifications :

Professional/Vendor Certification Education and Experience Requirements: You must have current professional/vendor certifications.
In addition you must have one of the following:
1. A masters degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 12 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience in computer applications development planning design configuration installation troubleshooting integration performance monitoring maintenance enhancement and security management as described in the following nine Major Task Groups in the IT Titles Task Inventory*: Applications Development; Web Development Design and Maintenance; Business/Systems Analysis; Project Management Support; Application Design; GIS Structures Spatial Analysis and Mapping Principles; Testing; Technical Writing; and Version Control; OR
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in 1 above; OR
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization AND 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in 1 above plus 48 months of information technology experience as described in the IT Task Inventory *; OR
4. A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to 3 above. Education may be substituted for the information technology experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is equivalent to 12 months of experience up to a maximum of 48 months. However if you qualify under options 2 3 or 4 you must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and at least 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized information technology experience as described in 1 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