Salary: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 Annually
Location : Statewide, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: EGB93879
Department: Governor's Office of Information Technology
Opening Date: 10/23/2026
Closing Date: 10/28/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: (Remote From Anywhere In CO)
Department Contact Information:Type of Announcement: This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Description of JobOIT ONLY RECRUITMENT: This recruitment is open only to current employees of the Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. Contractors currently engaged at OIT do not qualify as employees.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT's hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT's hiring team.
We are seeking a motivated
Developer II to join our software engineering team and contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of modern full-stack applications to provide reliable service for State of Colorado residents.
The ideal candidate has strong experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), but is primarily focused on modern, cloud-native software development activities. The Developer II should be comfortable working independently on well-defined features while also seeking guidance when solving complex technical problems. If using your creativity and innovation in the development and delivery of software solutions is what you love, apply today for the chance to also put your passion into the state you love.
Essential Duties:- Consult with Solution Architects, Solution Engineers, and others to design decoupled, domain-driven applications in line with OIT strategies (e.g., Cloud First, Mobile First, Secure Colorado, etc.).
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Customers, Project Managers, and others to assist in the creation of estimates and timelines.
- Create and code applications using Agile methodologies as needed.
- Develop, maintain, and own reusable frontend systems (e.g., component libraries, design tokens) to reduce delivery costs and duplicate build times across enterprise applications.
- Perform full-stack coding and further minimize defects through disciplined testing and CI/CD pipeline automation.
- Organize, build, and validate all segments of the code related to a specific build (release) for final User Acceptance Testing.
- Determine the best approach in the development of an application's code to meet the customer's current requirements and anticipate future enhancement needs, including scalability and high throughput.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal RightsOIT ONLY RECRUITMENT: This recruitment is open only to current employees of the Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. Applications are not accepted from contractors engaged in work for OIT, or any state entity, as contractors are not employees.
A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.
To better understand your qualifications and increase your opportunity to move forward in the selection process, please indicate in your work history for each job the outcomes you have achieved that you believe are most relevant to this job.This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:
Minimum Qualifications:- Minimum of three (3) years of hands-on programming experience in application development, including at least 2 years developing modern full-stack applications utilizing React and .NET (C#).
- Experience applying digital accessibility regulations and standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA) to business processes, content, tools, and/or documents, with the ability to provide specific examples of accessibility improvements made in a shared or enterprise system.
Substitutions:- Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
- Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
- If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:- Modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems (React, Vite, Storybook).
- .NET 8 / .NET 10 and C#.
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS preferred: Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront).
- Azure DevOps with Git and YAML CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience building and maintaining UI component libraries (e.g., USWDS 3.0).
- Agile / Scrum Framework experience.
- Experience implementing automated accessibility testing (axe, JAWS Inspect, Lighthouse).
- Docker/container experience.
- Experience with REST and SOAP/XML integrations (e.g., NIEM standards).
- MVC Framework migration experience to domain-driven architectures.
- Additional skills (not required) but helpful to have:
- Node.js / Express
- Python (FastAPI)
- SQL / PostgreSQL
- OpenAPI specs / SAM CLI mock endpoints
Conditions of Employment:OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work.
This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.
This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.
Supplemental InformationIf this posting indicates "remote from anywhere in CO" in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.
While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.
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OIT ONLY Recruitment - This recruitment is open only to current employees of the Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. Applications are not accepted from contractors engaged in work for OIT, or any state entity, as contractors are not employees.
Are you a current OIT employee?
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Describe the top 3 outcomes you have achieved that you believe are relevant to this role.
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Please describe how you learned of this job opening.
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The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) complies with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. While a wide salary range is posted, specific criteria (experience, education, state seniority, etc.) will be used to determine any salary offer. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis. It is this salary analysis, rather than any negotiation process, that determines any salary offer. Please acknowledge your understanding of this process and the posted salary range for this position.
- Yes, I understand the above statement.
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All remote work must be performed from within the State of Colorado. If you live out of state and are selected for this position you must relocate to Colorado before commencing employment. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. Do you wish to proceed with your submission?
- Yes, I understand the above statement.
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Do you currently reside in the state of Colorado?
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If any of the State of Colorado positions listed in your employment history were performed as a contract employee, you MUST list the position/s, State Agency, and the name of the contracting company by whom you were paid during the contract position. If this does not apply, please type "N/A".
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Do you currently require employer sponsorship for a Visa, any employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?
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In the future, will you require employer sponsorship for a Visa, employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?
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