Public Interest Tech Fellow: Senior Product Engineer

Pit Crew; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) invites applications for the Senior Product Engineering Fellow role in Brooklyn. This hands‑on fellowship embeds with the Public Interest Tech Crew to design, build, and ship resident‑facing products across city agencies.

The 18‑month program emphasizes modern engineering practices, collaboration with product, design, policy, and city staff, and delivering high‑quality user experiences for New Yorkers.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or 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 baccalaureate 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 which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship applications from concept to launch. Own meaningful components of the product end‑to‑end or focus on specific components (frontend, backend, mobile, or data pipelines) as needed.
• Move quickly through rapid prototyping, MVP iteration, pilot, and public launch, making pragmatic tradeoffs between scope, quality, and timing.
• Build integrations with government data sources, including modern APIs, flat‑file feeds, open data portals, and older legacy systems that may require creative solutions.
• Partners with product managers, designers, engineers, and other OTI employees on day‑to‑day 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 so that products meet the city's quality and production standards.
• Work directly with agency staff, policy advisors, and legal counsel to translate complex eligibility rules and regulations into clear, accurate product logic.
• Write clear technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture notes so that products can be maintained and extended after launch.
• Contribute to reusable patterns, components, and infrastructure that make the next quarter's project faster to ship than the last one.
• Help shape the engineering culture of a small, mission‑driven team, including code review, mentorship, and onboarding for future hires.
• Perform special projects and initiatives related to this grant as assigned.

Skills

Software engineering

Full-stack

Product delivery

Cross-functional

Code review

CI/CD

Documentation

WCAG compliance

User research

Open-source

Education

Bachelor's degree + 6 years relevant experience

Bachelor's degree + 10 years relevant experience

Education/experience equivalent

Job description

NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) invites applications for the Senior Product Engineering Fellow role in Brooklyn. This hands‑on fellowship embeds with the Public Interest Tech Crew to design, build, and ship resident‑facing products across city agencies.

The 18‑month program emphasizes modern engineering practices, collaboration with product, design, policy, and city staff, and delivering high‑quality user experiences for New Yorkers.