Technical Lead
City of New York12 hours ago
Brooklyn, NY, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and establish best practices for custom application development in a Java-based environment.
- Architect and implement AI-driven and agentic AI solutions that automate workflows and optimize City operations.
- Apply Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 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.
- Oversee special projects and assigned initiatives.
Requirements
- Master's degree in computer science and three years of progressively responsible 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 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 application development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing automation, AI components, agentic behaviors, cloud services, and custom development end-to-end.
- Undergraduate or graduate credits may substitute for limited portions of the required IT experience, but not for the required 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience.
- Applicants must generally be permanent City employees in the Technical Lead title or reachable on the applicable civil service list.
Benefits
- The position offers City benefits and the opportunity to work on technology projects serving millions of New Yorkers.
- Work location is Brooklyn, New York.
- The standard shift is daytime, but nights, evenings, weekends, or other shifts may be required in a 24/7 operation.
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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.