Technology, Data & Innovation
Technical Lead
$100,000 to $151,778 a year
Posted until November 23, 2026 · posted September 24, 2026
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Other requirements
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From ≈ $48.08 an hour · $3,846 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $31.08/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$3,833 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 16 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $4,567 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
Other requirements: read them on the posting
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and ten years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
- Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.
Quoted word for word from the official posting. The label above is ours, read from this text; if they disagree, this text wins.
The work
What the job is.
The New York City Department of Transportations (NYC DOT) provides safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of pedestrians, goods, and vehicular traffic on the streets, highways, bridges, and waterways of the City's transportation network.
Read the rest, from the posting
NYC DOT rehabilitates and maintains the City's infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, streets, sidewalks, and highways. The NYC DOT IT & Telecom division is an award-winning team leading business transformation through technology innovation to enhance the agency's ability in fulfilling its mission.
IT & Telecom acts as a strategic partner with all business units to promote technology initiatives by delivering quality service, and secure solutions that provide new and improved capabilities for the Agency.
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone in the division to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer our full-time employee’s competitive salaries, excellent benefit options and perks that include:
- Pension and Retirement Plans- Upon retirement, qualified members of the City’s generous pension program receive a guaranteed salary and health benefits for the rest of their lives. There are also 401K and 457 plans available to supplement your retirement needs.
- Health Coverage- We offer health coverage to meet your needs and your family.
- Dental and Vision Coverage- We offer a wide variety of excellent civil service title-based union dental and vision coverage to meet the needs of you and your family.
- Paid Time Off- We offer paid vacation and sick time off which accrues over time based on your years of service.
- Professional Development - We offer numerous training programs, leadership development opportunities, and career coaching services, while encouraging employees to attend approved off and on-site trainings and seminars.
- Additional Perks - Our employees are eligible for discounts on top theme parks, hotels, shows, events, movies and more.
IT & T division is seeking for a Technical Lead to be a member of our Project Management Office (PMO) Team.
The selected candidate will perform technical design, development, API integrations, defining application architecture, evaluating application stacks, providing support for production applications, and maintaining web applications.
The candidate will be expected to develop, and deliver quality applications, estimate the timing and effort of development tasks, help the team improve development and deployment practices, interface directly with customers, create documentation, and mentor developers. Major Responsibilities:
Work in full-stack development involving Microsoft.NET and SQL Server technologies for web, web service and desktop application development using C#.NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, HTML 5, AJAX, WPF, WCF, MVC, jQuery, ReactJS, Ruby 2.x LeafletJS, Bootstrap, PostgreSQL 9.x, Apache, Tomcat, Entity Framework, LINQ, Visual Studio 2017/2019
- Participate in the full development of application Lifecycle Management (ALM) using Git/Microsoft Azure DevOps/Jira.
- Understand requirements and transform them into functional applications in line with business objectives.
- Design, prepare detailed technical specifications, develop, maintain mission-critical systems, and API integrations, implement web services, and create consumer-facing web applications.
- Implement design patterns Singleton, MVC, etc.) and follow design principles.
- Work and offer technical support for web, mobile, and desktop applications.
- Accountable for both front-end and back-end technologies in a web production environment.
- Perform/manage relational database design, normalization, and T-SQL/stored procedures with SQL Server and generate reports using Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), Ad-hoc reporting, and data migration/transformation using SSIS packages.
- Collaborate with peers to design the best solution possible using the .Net framework and Microsoft tech stack.
- Work with an agile team to understand business needs and work through complex business processes to create solutions that align with the agency's goal.
- Test, monitor, and improve solutions through incremental updates/new features/optimization.
- Rewrite/make changes in existing code structure to increase efficiency and performance.
- Innovate and build high-quality software solutions leveraging the versatility of the .NET platform.
- Implement best practices and methodologies for security, quality, and development approach.
- Create/update design artifacts and deliverables such as use case diagrams, application architecture, class/sequence diagrams, and high-level/detailed design documentation.
- Take inputs from reporting manager(s) and appropriately apply comments/ feedback.
- Accurately estimate the time required to complete development tasks and collaborate with diverse teams.
- Act as a mentor to junior developers and guide on best practices, development processes, and software design.
Skills they'd like
- 8+ years of total experience in object-oriented design, development, testing, and deployment of mission-critical business applications.
- 6+ years of hands-on full-stack development experience using modern development tools and practices such as MVC, Angular, Web API, Microservices, Webservices, C#, HTML, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Entity Framework, AngularJS, ASP.NET, .NET Core, GitHub, SQL, ReactJS, Ruby 2.x LeafletJS, Bootstrap, PostgreSQL 9.x, Apache, Tomcat, software development life cycle (SDLC), software release management.
- 4+ years of application development using Design Patterns, MVC, Bootstrap, React, Angular Js, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, JSON, and XML.
- 4+ years of relational database design, normalization, T-SQL, stored procedures, SQL Server 2017/2019, SSIS packages, SSRS Reporting, data modeling tools; proficiency in data analysis and ad-hoc reporting using T-SQL, SQL Server, and Microsoft Excel. Expertise in map-based application development and GIS mapping software, with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Online.
- Experience with design patterns (Singleton, MVC, etc.)
- Explore new ideas and initiatives that encourage innovation.
- Technically proficient in more than one language and platform.
- Good analytical and communication skills.
- Microsoft developer certification.
- Ability to accurately estimate level of work to be provided for delivery commitments to stakeholders.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
NYC residency not required
New York City Residency is not required for this position
How to apply, from the posting
All resumes are to be submitted electronically.
Current City Employees: Please log into Employee Self Service (ESS) at https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet, follow the Careers link and search for Job ID number 791467.
All other applicants: Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers/search and search for Job ID Number 791467.
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If you do not have access to a personal computer: Please visit your local public library. Most Public Libraries have computers available for use. No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
Note: Appointments are subject to OMB approval.
Sources
Straight from the city.
From the city's job data, which the city last updated September 28, 2026. You apply through the official posting.
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