Senior Product Engineering Fellow
About The Position
The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) is hiring Senior Product Engineering Fellows to design, build, and ship resident-facing products across the technology stack. This is a hands-on role within the Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew, which builds technology, products, and services intended to make New York City more affordable. Fellows will work with product managers, designers, user researchers, policy teams, city employees, and agency partners to turn problem statements into working products and services for New Yorkers. The fellowship is grant-funded for 18 months and is intended to support delivery of multiple public-facing products in partnership with City agencies. Fellows will contribute code across systems, integrate agency data sources and legacy systems, and work with policy and legal stakeholders. They will also help establish engineering practices for generative coding tools, productionization, documentation, responsible handoffs, and balancing delivery speed with the reliability standards required of city services. The role is based in Brooklyn, New York. The stated hours are day shift, but the candidate may be required to work various shifts, including weekends and nights or evenings, because the position supports a 24/7 operation. The position is grant-funded and has an 18-month tenure ending July 2028.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a 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 bachelor's 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 equivalent to the stated degree and experience pathways.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship applications from concept to launch, owning meaningful product components end-to-end or focusing on frontend, backend, mobile, or data pipelines as needed.
- Move products through rapid prototyping, MVP iteration, pilots, and public launch, making pragmatic tradeoffs among scope, quality, and timing.
- Build integrations with government data sources, including modern APIs, flat-file feeds, open data portals, and legacy systems.
- Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and other OTI employees on product decisions; participate in user research and design reviews; and contribute to scoping and prioritization.
- Coordinate with the wider OTI team on hosting, performance testing, accessibility audits, and security reviews to meet city quality and production standards.
- Work with agency staff, policy advisors, and legal counsel to translate eligibility rules and regulations into clear, accurate product logic.
- Write technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture notes to support maintenance and extension of products after launch.
- Contribute reusable patterns, components, and infrastructure to make future projects faster to ship.
- Help shape the engineering culture of a small, mission-driven team through code review, mentorship, and onboarding future hires.
- Perform special projects and initiatives related to the grant as assigned.
Benefits
- The job description states that OTI offers great benefits but does not specify individual benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
