Lead Developer, Full Stack Developer, Software Engineer

Job Title:

Lead Developer Duration: 12+ Months Contract (Strong possibility of extension).

Location:

Phoenix, AZ – Hybrid Position

Job Summary The Lead Developer mentors developers, manages a small development team, and provides advanced technical analysis and recommendations. The Lead Developer analyzes and evaluates information systems and modifies them to meet customer and business needs. Responsibilities include designing, developing, coding/programming, debugging, installing, documenting, troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining information systems. This role includes supervisory duties such as approving timesheets, conducting performance evaluations, and holding regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports.

Responsibilities Essential Job Tasks (This is not an all-inclusive list of all job duties that may be required; employees will be required to perform other related duties as assigned.) Interacts in a team setting with co-workers including other programmers, database administrators and business analysts. Develops SSRS and Power BI reports of high complexity and scope, while adhering to documented development standards.

Works independently to develop solutions for complex business and technical problems. Supports deployment of applications into production and maintain after release. Coordinates with other team members to brainstorm and create new processes for the Judicial Branch to use in day-to-day operations. Focuses continually on developing business knowledge and product/feature expertise. Utilizes source control to label, package, and deploy applications utilizing best practices procedures/techniques.

Follows industry practices of analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance/production support of custom applications software. Tests developed applications for accuracy, efficiency, and stability. Coordinates with other team members to assist on a variety of other development needs and practices. Mentors and trains less experienced staff members, conducts performance evaluations, approves timesheets, and holds regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports.

Assists on customer support issues resolving any application issues and/or errors.

Preferred Qualifications Experience leading or managing small development teams in an Agile environment, including task assignment, sprint planning, timesheet approval, performance evaluations, and code review. Two (2) or more years of hands-on Angular/Type Script development experience.

Experience with Angular framework upgrades and legacy modernization (e.g., AngularJS to Angular, .NET Framework to .NET Core). Hands-on experience with Docker containerization of .NET applications, including Docker file authoring, Docker Compose for local development, and deploying to container orchestration platforms.

Experience with enterprise integration patterns including message queuing (IBM MQ), SOAP/WSDL web service consumption, and real-time communication (SignalR). Full-stack development experience in a fast-paced, Agile government or court technology environment with multi-generation codebases.

Experience with reporting technologies such as SSRS and Power BI. Experience using agentic AI coding tools and workflows to enhance development productivity and code quality. Background in court, justice, or public-sector application development. Technical Skills / Technologies Knowledge Of Relational database design, stored procedure development, and query optimization using SQL Server, including multi-schema architectures and stored procedure naming/versioning standards. N-tier, layered, and microservices architecture patterns, including fluency in core design patterns such as repository, unit-of-work, dependency injection (Unity, ASP.NET

Core DI), and service decomposition strategies. C#, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API 2, and ASP.NET Core, including REST API design, controller routing, and middleware pipelines. Angular (v8+) and Type Script, including component architecture, services, RxJS observables, and framework upgrade planning. AngularJS (1.x) legacy maintenance and migration strategies for transitioning to modern Angular. Entity…