Senior .Net Developer

Job Description

About the Agency:


The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the City's housing, and diversity and strength in the City's neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.


- We maintain building and resident safety and health

- We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability

- We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of "Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness," Mayor Adams' comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the City's history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City's complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.


Your Team:


Housing Preservation & Development Technology (HPD Tech) is the IT division within HPD. The Office of HPD Tech leads the agency's effort to transform HPD through technology by promoting productivity, eliminating manual processing, reducing costs, and increasing the pace of work. HPD Tech works to enhance the effectiveness of business processes by leveraging core applications for seamless execution. HPD Tech empowers decision makers with access to quality (complete and accurate) information to anticipate and proactively react to building, neighborhood, and market conditions.


The Office of HPDTech is composed of 7 units: CIO (Chief Information Office), CTO (Chief Technology Office), CPO (Chief Product Office), Budget, Enterprise Architecture, Planning & Compliance, and Information Security.


Your Impact:


HPD Tech seeks a Senior .NET Developer to provide technical expertise and support for multiple enterprise technology initiatives. The incumbent will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining systems supporting the Divisions of Budget, Legal, Fiscal Affairs, Human Resources, General Services, and other organization-wide technology programs and strategic initiatives.


Your Role:


As a Senior .NET Developer, you will be responsible for systems analysis, design, development, implementation, enhancement, maintenance, and security. You will participate in or lead systems development and applications programming activities, provide technical guidance to lower-level staff, and be routinely responsible for the coordination and execution of complex software development projects within a multi-programming computer system environment.


Your Responsibilities:


- Designs, develops, implements, and maintains multi-tier .NET applications to support agency business operations and strategic goals.

- Conducts code reviews and provides technical documentation and signoffs to ensure adherence to agency development standards and best practices.

- Maintains and oversees the code repository, ensuring version control and the integrity of source code across development teams.

- Manages and participates in enterprise application release activities, coordinating with system administrators, quality assurance staff, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth deployment.

- Works collaboratively with business analysts, quality assurance staff, and other Agile team members to define project requirements and design Jira epics, user stories, and sprints.

- Performs detailed analysis of existing Microsoft Access and legacy applications, including database structure, business logic, and user interfaces, relying on documentation and reverse-engineering techniques to migrate applications to the .NET platform.

- Prepares and maintains technical documentation, including project notes, system design specifications, and operational support materials.

- Provides technical leadership and guidance to assigned staff in developing and maintaining agency applications.

- Participates in developing and enforcing coding standards, security protocols, and quality assurance procedures.

- Keeps abreast of emerging .NET technologies and software engineering practices to recommend system efficiency and maintainability improvements.


Required skills


- 8+ yrs experience in system design and development.

- Extensive experience designing, developing, and