Technical Lead
City of New York5 days ago
Brooklyn, NY, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for Java-based custom application development and engineering best practices.
- Architect and implement AI-driven and agentic AI solutions that execute workflows and optimize City operations.
- Apply Model Context Protocol and Retrieval-Augmented Generation to real-world workflows and City use cases.
- Lead automation of DevOps tasks to improve deployment efficiency, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Integrate cloud-native services, AI tooling, and automation frameworks into existing applications and platforms.
- Collaborate with product owners, project managers, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions on time.
- Implement automation, AI components, agentic behaviors, cloud services, and custom development end to end.
- Oversee special projects and assigned initiatives.
Requirements
- Master's degree in computer science and three years of progressively responsible full-time satisfactory IT experience, including at least 18 months in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity; or a bachelor's degree and four years of qualifying IT experience; or a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and six years of qualifying IT experience.
- All candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and at least three years of qualifying IT experience, including 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience.
- Qualifying IT experience may include applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services.
- Undergraduate and graduate credits may substitute for limited portions of required IT experience, but not for the required 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience.
- Applicants must be permanent employees in the title or reachable on the current civil service list; employees in other civil service titles meeting preferred requirements may also submit a resume.
Benefits
- City employment offers benefits and the opportunity to work on projects affecting millions of New Yorkers.
- Work location is Brooklyn, New York.
- The position is a day shift role but may require nights, evenings, weekends, or other shifts because of 24/7 technical operations.
- The City of New York is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.
- The position is open to qualified persons with disabilities eligible for the 55-a Program.
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About City of New York
The City of New York is the municipal government for the five boroughs, delivering public services such as housing, social assistance, public safety, and digital tools for residents and businesses. It is publicly funded and operates agencies including the Department of Social Services (HRA and DHS) and the New York City Housing Authority. Headquartered in New York, NY, it builds and maintains large-scale systems supporting benefits eligibility, case management, housing, and civic services.