Specialist Software Engineer - AI
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York, NY, US
Onsite
2026-06-21
Announced salary
$114k–$135k
Market rate in New York : $111K - $198K (median $154K) · BLS OEWS 2025
Job description
**Description**
JOB TITLE:
Specialist Software Engineer \- AI
SALARY RANGE:
$114,070 \- $134,641
DEPT/DIV:
Information Technology
SUPERVISOR:
Product Director Data Science \& Eng
LOCATION:
2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
HOURS OF WORK:
9:00 am \- 5:30 pm (7\.5 hours/day) or as required
This position is eligible for teleworking, which is currently 2 days per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.
Opening:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15\.3 million people across a 5,000\-square\-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.
Summary:
The MTA transportation network has very large systems and infrastructure for financial, business, automated train, transportation, power, and physical security. The MTA IT Department is centrally responsible for providing a full range of Information and Operational Technology services to the MTA agencies and administrative units through its operating and support units. Services are provided on a 7/24/365 basis in support of the MTA organization and its ridership. MTA IT's Product Development group is empowered, multi\-functional teams focused on the end\-to\-end management of development products from strategy to delivery. Using innovative processes and tools, the teams are responsible for developing and maintaining highly effective, secure, and innovative transportation, operational, and back\-end information systems to support MTA goals and priorities.
This role, as Software AI Engineer, is to design, implemen