Application Developer Levels 1 - 5 - Revenue Applications (TCU) at MTA Headquarters
New York, NY
$57,100–$123,862from the description
Aug 12, 2026
New York, NY
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a multi-level (Level 1–5) software developer/analyst role at MTA Headquarters, focused on building and maintaining revenue applications for fare collection systems including Ticket Vending Machines, Ticket Office Machines, and mobile sales platforms. The work spans web, mobile, client/server, and cloud environments, with responsibilities scaling from basic coding and testing at junior levels to technical leadership and architecture at senior levels.
Mid level · 1+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,200 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 720–1,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
This posting covers five seniority levels (Level 1–5) under a single requisition. The salary range spans $57,100–$123,862/year across all levels; the min reflects Level 1 and the max reflects Level 5. Experience requirements range from 1 year (Level 1) to 12 years (Level 5); the overall years minimum is set to the Level 1 minimum as the lowest gate.
All skills listed appear under the 'Critical Skills Required' heading, which functions as a hard-gate requirements section for the role family as a whole. Individual levels may not require all skills equally, but the posting presents them as required for the position.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as an alternative to experience at each level (e.g., 'Bachelor's degree OR X years of experience'), so no degree is treated as a hard requirement.
The role is hybrid (two days per week telework permitted), not fully remote.
PowerShell and Bash are listed together as scripting language examples for Windows and Linux OS respectively; they are captured as alternatives of one another since either satisfies the OS scripting requirement.
The posting lists 'Web and API Development' as a critical skill alongside Python; REST is captured as the concrete API technology implied, consistent with standard web/API development practice named in the posting.
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