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The State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is seeking a Full Stack Principal Developer. In this role, you will lead technical design, application build and release processes, and cross-functional matrix engagement while ensuring accessibility, security, and high quality across all digital products. You will provide the vision and direction to take both the portfolio and team practices into the future.

Participating in strategic discussions, you will serve as the voice of OIT strategies, shared services, and technologies. Operating at the enterprise level, the Principal Developer participates in OIT-wide technical strategic discussions, leads project and remediation teams as directed, and collaborates with CTO leadership to advise and consult with agency stakeholders and OIT Executive leaders.

This role has responsibilities across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)—from business requirements through operational support—with a primary focus on development activities. Beyond performing all responsibilities of a Senior Developer, the Principal Developer assists leadership in strategic planning, design, compliance, and governance. As applications reach the sunset stage, the Principal Developer also participates in planning efforts around replacement and modernization.

• Consult with Solution Architects, Solution Engineers, and key stakeholders to design applications aligned with OIT strategies (e.g., Cloud First, Mobile First, Secure Colorado).
• Determine the optimal approach for application code development to satisfy current customer requirements while anticipating future scalability and enhancement needs.
• Ensure all development activities align with established service portfolio policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.

• Develop applications in line with business requirements using Agile or Waterfall methodologies as needed.
• Perform coding for in-house applications and configuration management for Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications in accordance with standards and best practices.
• Minimize software defects through disciplined unit testing.
• Ensure compliance with digital accessibility regulations and requirements by building accessible digital products and partnering with colleagues to incorporate and prioritize accessibility features into content and resources.

• Organize, build, and validate all segments of code related to specific builds (releases) for final User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Coordinate update releases and system changes, contribute to break/fix solutions, and update…