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Application Developer

The Research Foundation of CUNY

Company websiterfcuny.org (The Research Foundation of CUNY, opens in new tab)

Base salary $135K  to $143K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY

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About this job

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:

No

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. 

Source: The Research Foundation of CUNY on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($135,000) is above 14% of the 957 Software Engineering roles in New York listed on this site; 32 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $175,000; the middle half runs from $145,000 to $200,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live The Research Foundation of CUNY roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live The Research Foundation of CUNY roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Application Developer (this listing)$135K - $143K
Assistant Director$130K - $150K
Immigration Counsel$122,014 - $139,444
Senior Director of Career Academic Integration$150K - $155K
Director, Energy and Carbon Management & Resilience Program$115K - $130K
Senior HRIS Analyst - Workday (Hybrid)$110K - $130K
Academic Affairs AI Executive Officer$160K - $200K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All The Research Foundation of CUNY roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-28
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Location as the employer wrote it: New York, NY

$135,000 - $143,000

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