Friends From The City ("Friends")

Friends From The City ("Friends")

Friends From The City is a New York-based digital agency dedicated to enhancing government services through strategy, design, and engineering. Founded by Lapedra Tolson, the agency focuses on making interactions with government easy, inclusive, and accessible. With a small team of diverse professionals, Friends emphasizes the importance of lived experiences in shaping policy and technology. The agency offers a range of digital services, including research and strategy, design, and engineering. They prioritize user-centered approaches, ensuring that solutions are tested with real users and aligned with agency goals. Friends collaborates closely with clients, delivering practical digital tools and interfaces that support lasting change. Their work includes partnerships with various U.S. government agencies, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the CDC. Friends fosters a culture of kindness and mutual respect, hiring for diversity to create inclusive designs. They provide competitive benefits and seek talented individuals in civic tech to join their mission of improving government services.

information technology & services
11-50
Founded 2020

Description

  • Design and build APIs and microservices that connect legacy databases to modern user-facing applications.
  • Write scalable and maintainable code in modern languages such as .NET and TypeScript.
  • Build event-driven integrations using streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.
  • Collaborate with front-end developers and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Implement monitoring, testing, and performance tuning to improve stability and reliability.
  • Support data security, compliance, and privacy requirements for government systems.
  • Help strengthen the technical foundation of public-interest digital services.
  • Contribute to reliable backend systems that are fast, secure, and accessible.

Requirements

  • 5 or more years of experience developing server-side applications or services.
  • Experience with .NET and TypeScript.
  • Experience with microservices architecture and API design that integrates with legacy databases and front-end services.
  • Working knowledge of relational databases such as DB2 or SQL Server.
  • Understanding of application security and authentication standards such as OAuth2.
  • Experience with event streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka.
  • Comfort with agentic, AI-assisted development workflows.
  • Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.
  • Nice to have: experience with the Strangler Fig pattern or other incremental legacy-modernization approaches.
  • Nice to have: experience working with government systems or civic tech projects.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with AWS, Azure, or other cloud infrastructure tools.
  • Nice to have: experience with DevOps, containerization, or infrastructure as code.
  • Nice to have: comfort supporting production systems and debugging complex bugs.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience and market benchmarks.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • 18 days of PTO, 11 paid federal holidays, and 5 additional sick days.
  • Flexible remote work with support for coworking memberships if needed.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance and short-term disability coverage.
  • Annual professional development stipend.
  • Opportunities to lead, mentor, and learn across projects and disciplines.

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