Senior Software Engineer/Developer

Applications to be submitted by August 13, 2026

Compensation Grade P25

Compensation Details Minimum: $100,379.00 - Maximum: $100,379.00 Annually

Positions with a designated work location in New York City, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, or Westchester Counties will receive a $4,000 annual downstate adjustment (pro-rated for part-time positions). Department (OPQS) - Health Data Innovation

Responsibilities Job Description: The Senior Software Engineer/Developer will oversee computer application development in support of grant deliverables. The incumbent will oversee, design, test, implement, and deploy changes to the Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS) and the Survey Management and Response Tool (SMART) systems. The incumbent will be responsible for application development tasks including researching and documenting technical designs, programming solutions, writing and executing unit test plans, researching, resolving, and testing defects, and customer technical support. The incumbent will develop appropriate documentation in work assignments such as documentation in code repositories and technical design documents. The incumbent will be responsible for the oversight of the release management process including technical steps to promote, test, and release through the development environment, coordinating with infrastructure staff. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring that these systems be patched frequently to avoid any potential cybersecurity risk. The incumbent will serve as a key liaison to grant partners throughout the project, coordinate joint application design sessions with other technical and program staff and coordinate grant reporting activities; other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications A Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology and four years computer programming, database design/development, or system analysis experience; OR an Associate’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology and six years of such experience; OR eight years of such experience. A Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology may substitute for one year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications At least four years of experience developing complex web applications using Java, JavaScript or TypeScript, and SQL from specifications expressed by use cases, class diagrams, interaction diagrams, and sequence diagrams. At least three years of experience using Spring and Spring Boot. At least three years experience developing relational database schemas, tables, procedures, permissions, and complex queries. At least two years of experience with AWS or similar cloud application development and deployment.

Conditions of Employment Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, with a combination of onsite and remote work.

This position may require occasional work on weekends, after-hours, and holidays.

HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.

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