Job Information
City of New York Senior Full Stack Developer in New York, New York
Job Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES WITH A PERMANENT COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) OR COMPARABLE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE WITH SIMILAR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) WHEN APPLYING AND INDICATE IN YOUR COVER LETTER YOUR PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE.
The NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.
DOF's Information Technology (FIT) Division designs, builds, and supports all facets of DOF’s computer systems, including hardware, software, applications, infrastructure, telephone, and data security. FIT delivers and administers tax-related payment programs for the City of New York by providing the information technology solutions needed to achieve its mission of collecting revenue while ensuring an efficient and improved customer experience. FIT is also responsible for the systems and websites which enable citywide payments, land records, property assessment, parking adjudications, customer service, and the Sheriff’s public safety work.
The Citywide Payment Applications Unit is responsible for maintaining computer systems that collect the revenue and fees for the Department of Finance and 30 other NYC agencies. CityPay websites allow the public to conveniently make a variety of online payments to the city, ranging from property taxes to parking violations to applications for dog licenses. Citywide Payment Applications is an exciting, fast-paced unit within Finance Information Technology. We are required to keep pace with the City's ever-expanding portfolio of services and transactions.
The Senior Full Stack Developer will be a key member of the Citywide Payment Applications team responsible for the programming and support of the CityPay websites (used by millions of New Yorkers for payments). The successful candidate will also develop other in-house applications, as needed, such as the Research Tool (used by customer service administrators). The team consists of a manager and developers, who support each other in learning the business, technology and security expertise needed for our systems.
Responsibilities include but will not be limited to the following:
Design, code, and troubleshoot software programs following coding standards.
Provide technical leadership and advice to other team members.
Collaborate with various teams to diagnose and resolve defects and issues.
Provide day-to-day production support of existing applications
Ensure that system improvements and changes are implemented correctly and completely
Develop technical and support documentation as required.
Occasional outside of work hours may be needed.
COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) - 13632
Qualifications
(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described in “1" above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However, all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience, you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance (QA), hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming.
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.