May 12, 2025 - Public Sector Job Board

The 69th edition. Your source of tech and innovation jobs in government.

📢 The #PublicSectorJobBoard provides you with a regular digest of US-based government jobs in #tech and #innovation.

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Announcements and Reads

📃 Jen Pahlka is continuing to highlight some of the long-time blockers to making change in federal government. She has started a series on why the Paperwork Reduction Act needs to go which is essential reading for anyone interested in how to actually improve how the federal government works.

💵 Direct File appears to be no more.

🧒 Government services have a lot of parallels and similarities regardless of jurisdiction. Santi Ruiz from Statecraft recently sat down with Alex Jutca who leads analytics and technology at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services to talk about their attempts to improve the county’s child welfare system.

🍇 Dave Guarino has been posting a multi-part series on how to practically test how well AI models do with SNAP problems. Part 1, part 2, part 3.

🎈 Last week was Public Service Recognition Week! A reminder that regardless of the “holiday”, always say thanks to your nearest public servant this week for all of their hard work and dedication.

🤖 Nava recently shared some lessons learned from their pilot AI Chatbot for navigating public benefits with Imagine LA. Read more here.

📰 Natalie Alms, a pre-eminent civic tech journalist, recently highlighted We the Builders, a group of former USDS-ers who formed a new organization to support federal workers through storytelling.

🤖 Aspen Policy Academy is hosting the Rising Civic AI Leaders Program, a free, part-time, unpaid virtual program teaching AI and emerging technology professionals who are new to government how to have policy impact. Apply here before June 23.

🔔 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is inviting vendors to apply for their Digital Services ITQ!

🎨 Alameda County has an RFP out for User Interface Design Services. They are hosting a UI Design Services Q&A Session on May 14 from 1-2pm PT. Learn more here.

Upcoming Events

🧑‍✈️ Pilot Pitchfest is happening Thursday, May 22, from 9am–12pm ET in NYC! It’s a live matchmaking event where city agency staff will give quick, low-stakes pitches on project ideas they hope to kick off this fall. Agencies will partner with both academic researchers, as well as volunteer technologists to develop projects. Find more information and RSVP here, and learn more about the track breakdowns here.

🏫 Are you a government employee attending Code for America? The Lab @ DC and Innovation @ Montgomery County Government are partnering with Technologists for the Public Good for a By-Gov-for-Gov Pre-Summit event on May 28. You can connect, co-work and collaborate with other state and local government staff in DC for the Summit. RSVP here.

📣 Are you in the Twin Cities? Join Technologists for the Public Good for their upcoming civic tech conference For the Public Twin Cities this week from May 14-15 at Union Depot in St. Paul. Is cost an issue? Consider volunteering for a discount.

🌉 Join Technologists for the Public Good and SF Civic Tech for an event in San Francisco on May 14th. Hear from Cyd Harrell, Ayushi Roy and more about what it means to build technology for social impact. RSVP here.

Highlighted Teams and Roles

🌽 The City of Chicago is hiring a Head of Delivery

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Open Roles

Leadership

🍎 Chief, IT Innovation | NJ Transit | 🤷

🍎 Chief Operating Officer | New York City Office of Technology and Innovation | up to $270k

🍎 Executive Director of Data Ecosystems and Strategy, Bureau of Data Technology & Strategy | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | up to $165k

🍎 Senior Director of Product | New York City Campaign Finance Board | up to $195k

🍎 Director of Digital Transformation | Norwalk Public Schools | 🤷

🍎 Engineering Director | New Jersey State Office of Innovation | up to $155k

🍎 Director of Business Experience | New Jersey State Office of Innovation | up to $155k

🌽 Head of Delivery | City of Chicago | 🤷

🌦️ Chief Information Officer | City of Portland | up to $250k

Program, Project and Product Management

🍀 Low Code Digital Application Builder and Coach | City of Boston | up to $119k (closes May 18)

🍀 Senior Digital Transformation Coach | City of Boston | up to $119k

🍀 IT Project Manager | State of Rhode Island | up to $140k (closes May 12)

🍀 Program Manager Fellow | Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics | up to $106k

🍎 Senior IT Project Manager | NYC Department of Parks & Recreation | up to $100k

🍎 Product Manager | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $144k

🍎 Director of Program Operations | New York City Office of Technology & Innovation | up to $150k

🍎 IT Product Owner | NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission | up to $104k

🍎 Product Manager | New York City Office of Technology & Innovation | up to $150k

🍎 Product Manager | New York State Office of Information Technology Services | up to $121k (closes May 12)

🍎 Zoning Application Portal Product Owner | NYC Department of City Planning | up to $94k

🍎 Assistant Product Manager | New York State Office of Information Technology Services | up to $109k (closes May 12)

🌽 Business Analyst | City of Chicago | starts at $73k (closes May 14)

🌽 Transit Information Assistant Manager | Metro Council | up to $140k (closes May 20)

⛰️AI Program Manager | State of Colorado | up to $130k (closes May 18)

⛰️ Court Management System Product Owner | Colorado Office of Administrative Courts | up to $115k (closes May 19)

🐊 Digital Process Innovation Manager | County of Volusia, FL | up to $115k (closes May 12)

🐻 Portfolio Manager | CA Office of Data and Innovation | up to $161k (closes May 14)

🐻 Manager, Web Consulting | California Department of Technology | up to $146k (closes May 19)

Marketing and Communications

🍀 Senior Web Content Specialist | City of Boston | up to $105k

🌽 Digital Marketing Specialist | Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential | up to $96k (closes May 18)

🦀 Digital Communications & Web Administrator | Spotsylvania County, VA | up to $101k (closes May 22)

🐊 Executive Director, Strategic Communications | City of Tuscaloosa | up to $121k (closes May 19)

🐊 Digital Content Specialist | Manatee County Government, FL | up to $83k

⛰️ Community Marketing Field Manager | City of Golden, CO | up to $97k

🦬 Seasonal Digital Communications Assistant | Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources | up to $20/hr

🌦️ Content Strategist | Washington State Department of Revenue | up to $95k (closes May 12)

Data, Analytics and Measurement

🍀 Assistant Manager of Performance Management & Data Operations | City of Boston | up to $127k

🍀 Performance Coach | City of Boston | up to $99k

🍀 Senior Data Scientist | City of Boston | up to $138k

🍀 Junior Data Engineer | City of Boston | up to $99k

🍎 Product Data and Analytics Lead | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $106k

🔔 i-team Data Analytics Manager | City of Philadelphia | up to $128k

🐊 Analytics Data Engineer | City of Alexandria, VA | up to $105k (closes May 18)

Engineering and Cybersecurity

🍎 Director, Custom Application Development | NYC Office of Technology & Innovation | up to $175k

🍎 Mobile Developer iOS | NYC Office of Technology & Innovation | up to $150k

🍎 Technical Lead | NYC Office of Technology & Innovation | up to $155k

🍎 Full-Stack Software Engineer | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $144k

🔔 Applications Developer | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Public Utility Commission | up to $100k

🐊 Front-end Development Project Leader | County of Volusia, FL | up to $101k (closes May 15)

🌽 Senior Application Developer | Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget | up to $97k (closes May 20)

🌽 Application Developer | Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget | up to $90k

⛰️ Cloud Solutions Architect | State of Colorado | up to $135k (closes May 19)

🌦️ Enterprise Architect - Data | King County, WA | up to $226k (closes May 14)

🌵 Cloud Solutions Architect | Arizona Department of Revenue | up to $143k

🌵 Applications Development Lead | Arizona Department of Economic Security | up to $119k

🐻 Associate Application Developer | County of Santa Clara | up to $168k

🐻 Software Development Manager | Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles | up to $195k

🐻 Software Development Supervisor | Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles | up to $186k

🐻 IT Manager - Software Engineering | Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa | up to $156k

🐻 IT Business System Analyst - Front-End Development and UI/UX Design | County of Riverside, CA | up to $121k (closes May 14)

🐻 Applications Developer | California Employment Development Department | up to $122k (closes May 15)

🐻 Salesforce Developer | Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority | up to $105k

🐻 Enterprise Solution Architect | California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation | up to $148k

🐻 Enterprise Architect | California Health and Human Services, Office of Technology and Solutions Integration | up to $148k

🐻 Applications Developer | Superior Court of Orange County | up to $129k

💻 Senior Application Developer | Oregon Health Authority | up to $121k

UX, Design, Process and Innovation

🍀 Director of User Experience and Service Design | City of Boston, Boston Digital Service | up to $143k

🍎 Human-Centered Design Analyst | New York State Office of Information Technology Services | up to $121k (closes May 12)

🍎 Assistant Human-Centered Design Analyst | New York State Office of Information Technology Services | up to $109k (closes May 12)

🍎 Content Design Lead | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $106k

🍎 Bilingual (Spanish/English) Content Design Lead | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $106k

🍎 Product Designer | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $144k

🍎 Product Design Fellow | New Jersey Office of Innovation | up to $35/hr

🐻 UX/UI Designer | LA Metro | 🤷

Accessibility

⛰️ Digital Accessibility Specialist | City of Thornton | up to $39.93/hr (contract)

Tech Policy

⛰️ Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Policy Director | State of Colorado, Department of Regulatory Agencies | up to $136k

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