Principal Technology Engineer – Platform & API Lead

City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

City and County of San Francisco is seeking a Technology Engineer – Principal (1044) for Citywide Applications. This permanent civil service role oversees complex platform services, APIs, and system architecture with potential supervision or project leadership.

Responsibilities include leading technical directions, designing features, and ensuring performance and upgrades. The position requires a strong background in systems engineering and civil service exam participation.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining the components of a system or platform.
• One year of additional experience may substitute for the required degree.
• Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.
• Note: any applicant who is not qualified may reapply after one month upon meeting minimum qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualizes the need for and plans and ensures maintenance, design, implementations, and enhancement of platform services and APIs.
• Oversees customization of new features to platform services and integrations.
• Oversees day-to-day operations of various platform services and applications.
• Oversees development of new platform capabilities and API services based on customer requirements.
• Designs and writes test plans and leads implementation of fixes and product launches.
• Provides leadership for technical support and troubleshooting of platform services and applications.
• Leads creation of technical documentation and best practices for version control and testing.
• Oversees performance of software upgrades and licensing.
• Manages vendor relationships including scoping of platform and application services and review of deliverables.

Education

Associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely-related field

Job description

City and County of San Francisco is seeking a Technology Engineer – Principal (1044) for Citywide Applications. This permanent civil service role oversees complex platform services, APIs, and system architecture with potential supervision or project leadership.

Responsibilities include leading technical directions, designing features, and ensuring performance and upgrades. The position requires a strong background in systems engineering and civil service exam participation.