Application Development Lead Jobs in Washington

Description

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and educationally, nurtured by family and community."

Job Title: IT Network and Telecommunication Journey
Location: Olympia WA, Thurston County (Flexible/Hybrid)
Closes: July 1st, 2026
Salary: $84,120.00 - $113,148.00 Annually

The Opportunity:

The DCYF Application Development team is seeking an API/Microservices Developer to help build and support critical Child Welfare systems used across Washington State. This role offers the opportunity to work with modern technologies, including .NET, C#, REST APIs, cloud-based solutions, mobile applications, system integrations, and AI-enabled services that improve business processes and service delivery. Working in a collaborative Agile environment, the developer will partner with technical and business teams to design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable solutions that support children and families. This position also provides opportunities to contribute to modernization efforts, cloud initiatives, AI adoption, and enterprise technology strategies while growing technical skills through ongoing professional development and training.

Some of what you will get to do:

- Creating, upgrading, maintaining, enhancing, testing and replacing existing applications
- Participates in iterative process improvements regarding the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Designs and develops interfaces with business partners (state agencies as well as third party).
- Collaborates with DevOps teams to ensure regular, controlled deployment of updates to existing database driven applications.
- Troubleshooting and resolving complex application, interface and data related issues.
- Ensures security and privacy requirements are met.
- Monitors health and function of applications, reacts and responds to problems.
- Embraces agile software development principles and values.
- Participates in technical reviews to include design reviews, code reviews, technical and functional documentation reviews, and security audits; develops solutions for corrections as necessary.
- Resolves incidents for stakeholders, customers, and partners by pragmatically working through the incident’s possible origins until a cause is identified and mitigated or resolved.

Required Qualifications:

Equivalent combination of education and experience in Information Technology, totaling ten (10) years. OR Bachelor's degree in computer science, networking, information systems or a related field AND six (6) years of progressively more complex problem solving as a developer designing, developing or maintaining large-scale applications with mission critical business functions.

Additional Qualifications:

- Working knowledge of Agile values and principles as they apply to application development.
- Working knowledge of Scrum development methodologies, artifacts and traditions.
- Working knowledge of GIT Hub or source control technologies.
- Working knowledge of DevOps concepts.
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment where IT assets and data are subject to a broad range of State and federal information security requirements and regulations.

Experience may be gained concurrently.

How do I apply?

Complete your applicant profile on careers.wa.gov and attach the following documents:
- Current resume detailing experience and education.
- Letter of Interest that details how you meet the qualifications for the position.

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you would like to request an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact Cole Alford (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at cole.alford@dcyf.wa.gov. If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855) 524-5627 or emailsupport@neogov.com.

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Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and wish to claim Veteran's Preference MUST attach a copy of their DD214, NGB Form 22 or Predischarge Certification (issued not more than 120 days prior to End of Term of Service (ETS) by date of submission). If claiming preference based on Predischarge Certification, individual will be required to provide their official discharge documentation, such as a DD form 214, NGB form 22, or equivalent, within 30 days after the date of discharge. Please blackout (redact) the social security number before attaching any documents. For additional information on Veteran's Preference and guidance on how to determine if you are eligible, click here.

DCYF participates in the federal E-Verify program. The selected candidate must provide proof of identity and authorization to work in the United States, consistent with E-Verify requirements, on their first day of employment.