FAST Software Engineer
Job Description
Justification : Our client has been tasked with re-designing the NYC Secure App and an associated campaign to provide New Yorkers with a comprehensive set of tools and resources to prevent scam phone calls and text messages, educate vulnerable New Yorkers on prevention, and support New Yorkers with the resources they need when they have been victimized. Each year New Yorkers lose an estimated $6.5B to online and phone based scams, yet the city provides no systematic approach to protecting residents this project will develop the technology and strategy to address that gap across programs including Cybersecurity, 311, and Digital Equity. Assignment Number and Title: - FAST Software Engineer Labor Category Programmer/ Developer (Mid) Work Location: Select one and provide required details: X On Site | Work Location: 15 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Hybrid: N/A Scheduled Work Hours: Normal business hours, Monday through Friday
35 hours/week (not including mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work). Projected Assignment Start Date: May 4, 2026 Projected Assignment End Date: November 1, 2026 Total Estimated Assignment Hours: 910 Hours (6 Months) Note: Normal Business Hours, Monday through Friday (not including a mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work), 35 work hours per week. If the consultant works more than 35 hours per week, the consultant must request overtime in the Agency's timekeeping system, and the project manager must approve those hours worked above the weekly maximum.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The developer will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end technical execution of the new features in the NYC Secure App on iOS and Android and development of other digital resources as needed. The developer will deliver a scalable, privacy-centric systems that integrates with existing NYC data services, workflows, and web platforms.
TASKS:
Justification : Our client has been tasked with re-designing the NYC Secure App and an associated campaign to provide New Yorkers with a comprehensive set of tools and resources to prevent scam phone calls and text messages, educate vulnerable New Yorkers on prevention, and support New Yorkers with the resources they need when they have been victimized. Each year New Yorkers lose an estimated $6.5B to online and phone based scams, yet the city provides no systematic approach to protecting residents this project will develop the technology and strategy to address that gap across programs including Cybersecurity, 311, and Digital Equity. Assignment Number and Title: - FAST Software Engineer Labor Category Programmer/ Developer (Mid) Work Location: Select one and provide required details: X On Site | Work Location: 15 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Hybrid: N/A Scheduled Work Hours: Normal business hours, Monday through Friday
35 hours/week (not including mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work). Projected Assignment Start Date: May 4, 2026 Projected Assignment End Date: November 1, 2026 Total Estimated Assignment Hours: 910 Hours (6 Months) Note: Normal Business Hours, Monday through Friday (not including a mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work), 35 work hours per week. If the consultant works more than 35 hours per week, the consultant must request overtime in the Agency's timekeeping system, and the project manager must approve those hours worked above the weekly maximum.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The developer will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end technical execution of the new features in the NYC Secure App on iOS and Android and development of other digital resources as needed. The developer will deliver a scalable, privacy-centric systems that integrates with existing NYC data services, workflows, and web platforms.
TASKS:
- Develop quality code that is well-documented, testable, and production-ready
- Be proactive and seek feedback to ensure best practice solutions that meet business needs
- Building web solutions that are scalable and secure and align with overall city digital architecture
- Write and conduct unit testing as agreed with the City Engineering leads.
- Communicate technical decisions, needs, and priorities to engineers, product managers, and designers as part of a user-centered agile product delivery team
- Design the core logic with the existing vendor for the mobile application on iOS and Android to provide scam and spam protection for calls and texts.
- Build a responsive, accessible frontends resource sites that ensures a consistent experience across all browser types and mobile devices and leverages the NYC Design System.
- Apply rigorous industry-standard privacy and security standards and protocols to ensure that all user data remains private and secure.
- Develop the technical bridges necessary to route digital reporting data into existing intake and reporting systems.
- If necessary, learn new programming languages or frameworks, with help from City Engineering leads, to complete software development and testing tasks.
- Attend, participate, and assist in architecture, approach, and technical strategies as appropriate and requested by City Engineering leads.
- At least 4 years of experience as a software engineer or application developer
- Experience building responsive websites with full-stack expertise
- Experience collaborating with product designers on cross functional teams to ensure best user experience.
- Experience working with Git based workflows
- Experience working in story based workflows (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA, Trello, or other story or kanban style workflow)
- Experience leading technical design and writing implementation planning documents
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Experience integrating with design system libraries
- Experience with mobile application development (iOS, Android).
- Experience developing for use cases with strong privacy and security needs and expertise with modern security protocols, encryption standards, and privacy-by-design engineering principles.
- Experience working with large-scale organizational infrastructures or integrating software into legacy enterprise environments.
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