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Thank you for considering a career with the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY).

The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries.

We are pleased that you are interested in exploring opportunities to join RFCUNY.

Primary Location: The CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

Bargaining Unit:

Through its partnership with the City of New York, CUNY’s Building Performance Laboratory is hiring qualified energy management professionals to serve as on-site consultants and fill critical staffing capacity needs on behalf of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (“DCAS”) Division of Energy Management (“DEM”).

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ Information Technology Line of Service (IT) provides technological guidance within the agency by establishing and directing the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures. IT collaborates and consults with all Lines of Services to exchange information, present new approaches, and discuss system changes and enhancements.

For this specific role, on behalf of DEM, CUNY BPL seeks to hire a software developer to join the Energy Support team. The candidate would be responsible for the development, design, delivery, and support of various applications to support the Division of Energy Management.

This is a hybrid position working on-site 3 days a week at 1 Centre St, New York, NY 10007. NYC residency may be required for continued employment. Immigration sponsorship is not available through this program.

Other Duties:

Under this assignment, the person’s responsibilities may include the following:

Design, develop, and maintain modern web applications and APIs

Implement microservices architecture and distributed systems

Build CI/CD pipelines and automate development/deployment processes

Collaborate with stakeholders for requirements gathering and technical solutions

Ensure application performance, scalability, and reliability to meet SLAs

Write comprehensive tests (unit, integration, E2E) and maintain code quality

Implement security best practices and maintain compliance standards

Provide production support and incident resolution

Research and adopt emerging technologies to improve our tech stack

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required.

The ideal candidate will bring the following skills and experience to this position:

Backend and Frontend Development

6+ years developing enterprise applications with .NET ecosystem

Proficiency in ASP.NET Core Web API and RESTful services

Experience with Entity Framework Core and LINQ

4+ years with modern JavaScript frameworks (React 18+, Vue 3, or Angular 17+)

Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design (Bootstrap)

Understanding of state management patterns and tools

Cloud & DevOps

Hands-on experience with Azure or AWS services

CI/CD implementation (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)

Data, Integration, and Development Practices

Experience with ETL/data integration tools (Azure Data Factory, etc.)

Strong SQL Server skills and good knowledge of NoSQL databases

Git version control and branching strategies

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing

Performance monitoring and optimization

Desirable Skills

Experience with message queuing (Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Kafka)

Observability tools (Application Insights, Datadog, New Relic)

Experience with SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect

Knowledge of OWASP security principles

Experience with caching strategies (Redis, Azure Cache)

Pay Range:

$135,000 - $143,000

RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

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