Computer Specialist Software, IV at City of New York
New York City, NY
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Jul 21, 2026
New York City, NY
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior QA engineering role within the NYPD's IT division, focused on building and maintaining automated test frameworks for UI and API layers, designing test strategies across multiple testing types, and integrating quality assurance into CI/CD pipelines. The position also involves mentoring junior QA staff, tracking quality metrics for stakeholders, and participating in agile ceremonies. Suited to experienced software QA professionals with a background in leading or making major contributions to complex projects.
Senior level · 6+ 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 840 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 250–1,250
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,411 (middle half $102,189–$162,640).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is a NYC civil service position; eligible candidates must already hold permanent status in the 'Computer Specialist (Software)' civil service title — a hard eligibility gate not representable as a skill.
The posting is for Assignment Level IV of the Computer Specialist (Software) title (Job ID #784609 on NYC Jobs). The level designation 'IV' implies a senior/lead tier within the civil service ladder but carries no explicit seniority label in the title itself, hence advertised seniority is Unspecified.
No specific named testing tools, frameworks, or languages (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, JUnit, Python) are called out anywhere in the posting — only testing types and practices are described. Skills are therefore captured at the practice/capability level rather than as named tools.
Minimum experience is derived from the civil service qualification pathways: the primary path requires a bachelor's degree plus 2 years of software experience (including 1 year as project leader), while the alternate path requires 6 years of software experience. The 6-year figure is used as the overall years minimum to reflect the most demanding pathway.
No compensation figures are published in the posting.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): UI test automation, API test automation, end-to-end testing.
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