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[/company/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority](/company/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority)[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority](/company/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority)
# Application Developer (Contractor position) at Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Department: MBTA - Information Technology Dept

Compensation

$75/hr

**Location**
: Boston, Massachusetts

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Aug 10, 2026

## Description

The Application Developer will perform the full software development lifecycle for the MBTA’s enterprise transit scheduling and operations management platforms, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, support, integrations, reporting, documentation, environment maintenance, batch-process troubleshooting, and on-call emergency support. The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, at least three years of application development and analysis experience, and experience with transit scheduling applications, APIs, databases, reporting tools, version control, cloud platforms, and related technologies.

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