HBITS 08-14897 Software Developer - Expert
Knowledge Builders Inc. · Albany, NY
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Jul 19, 2026
Albany, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior software developer role focused on building a mobile and cloud-based Laboratory Information Management System for a state agriculture department. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — analysis, design, coding, testing, and cloud integration via RESTful APIs — using Swift (including Vapor), Next.js/React/TypeScript, SQL databases, and DevOps tooling. The role also involves documentation, end-user training, and iterative demos to stakeholders.
Senior level · 7+ years · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1 people in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 1–1
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
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 $130,723 (middle half $99,021–$164,663).
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 (10)
This is a New York State HBITS (Hourly Based IT Services) contract posting for the NY Department of Agriculture and Markets — the engagement is a staff-augmentation contract, not a permanent hire.
The posting is located in Albany, NY (implied by the NY State agency context), though no explicit city is stated.
Experience thresholds are stated in months: 84 months (~7 years) for Swift, 48 months (~4 years) for Database/Infrastructure and DevOps, 24 months (~2 years) for web frameworks and Next.js/React/TypeScript, and 12 months (~1 year) for Swift Vapor. These are all listed under 'Requested Qualifications' but are framed as mandatory minimums per the HBITS contract structure — treated as hard gates accordingly.
The 'Expert – 84+ Months' seniority label is the HBITS classification tier, not a separate experience requirement beyond the 84-month Swift figure; the overall years minimum is set to 7 (84 months) reflecting the primary role-level gate.
SQL Server is listed as preferred within the database requirement ('SQL Server preferred'); PostgreSQL and MySQL are noted as alternatives. The broader SQL database experience is still a hard gate.
Web framework experience (Express.js, Django, Rails, etc.) is listed with an 'OR equivalent' qualifier — Express.js is captured as the named example with alternatives; this is a hard gate on web framework capability.
CI/CD pipeline tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and API documentation tools (OpenAPI/Swagger) are listed as examples within the DevOps requirement block; Jenkins is captured with its named alternatives. The broader CI/CD capability is a hard gate.
Swift backend/server-side experience is explicitly called 'preferred' within the Swift requirement block — captured via the Vapor framework skill and the broader Swift skill.
JWT and session-based auth patterns appear within the DevOps qualifications block as examples of authentication/authorization knowledge; listed as preferred given the illustrative framing.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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