UI Online - Developer Supervisor

Under the general direction of the Section Chief, the Development Manager leads a high-performing team responsible for application development, technical delivery, and operational support for the UIO application and its supporting systems. This role oversees both state and vendor resources and serves as a key leader in planning, coordinating, and delivering critical modernization and maintenance initiatives within the Product Development Division (PDD).

The incumbent will provide strategic and hands-on leadership across the full software development lifecycle, ensuring applications and supporting environments remain stable, scalable, secure, and aligned with organizational standards and customer expectations.

Why Join Us? This role offers the opportunity to lead meaningful technology initiatives that directly support critical public services across California. You'll work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment focused on innovation, service delivery, and continuous improvement while helping shape the future of digital government services.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.

This position is eligible for telework under EDD's telework policy. The amount of telework is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change as business needs arise. Employees are required to report to their headquarters office on their assigned in-office days. Travel expenses to and from the assigned headquarters are the responsibility of the employee., The Employment Development Department (EDD) is one of the largest State departments with employees at hundreds of service locations. For more than 70 years, the EDD has connected millions of job seekers and employers in an effort to build the economy of the Golden State. In order to continue our mission, we are constantly looking for the best and the brightest to join our ranks. Working at EDD presents many opportunities. If you strive to make a difference, we invite you to seek a career with EDD. Department Website: http://www.edd.ca.gov, We ask that you not use Artificial Intelligence assistance when composing your written response. Written responses are an attempt to assess and gain an understanding of your personal writing and communication skills and abilities.

1. Describe your experience supervising IT staff and managing administrative responsibilities. Provide specific examples of how you have developed employee performance, planned workload across competing priorities.
2. Describe your experience leading a software development team through the full delivery lifecycle. Provide specific examples of how you planned and coordinated work between technical and business stakeholders to achieve successful, on time outcomes.

Resumes and/or cover letters DO NOT take the place of the SOQ. Applications received without an SOQ response will not receive further consideration and will be excluded from the hiring process., The department will make an individualized assessment of whether the conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and the work performed by the department. The department will consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency, nature and seriousness, and age at the time of the offense(s). The investigation will consist of completion of a personal history statement and fingerprinting checks with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and/or local law enforcement agencies. Anyone failing to pass the background investigation will be provided information on how to appeal the process. A criminal conviction may not result in an automatic determination of "Not Qualified." ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT INFORMATION The Employment Development Department may require a new probation in accordance with applicable probationary period rules. Click on the link to complete the Employment Development Department Recruitment Survey: EDD Recruitment Survey Merit System Principles Information regarding Merit System Principles provided to public employees by the State Civil Service Act can be found on the CalHR website at https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Training/Pages/performance-management-merit-system-principles.aspx

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment., Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list or LEAP eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility (please attach your letter, if available). SROA and Surplus candidates are given priority; therefore, individuals with other eligibility may be considered in the event no SROA or Surplus candidates apply. Individuals who are eligible for a Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position(s)., In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Experience supervising and developing technical staff, including coaching, performance management, hiring, workforce and succession planning, career development, and resolving team conflicts in a collaborative, inclusive manner.
• Experience leading software development teams using Agile/Scrum or hybrid methodologies, including work intake, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, release coordination, and tracking delivery commitments across concurrent projects. (Tools such as Jira or Azure Boards.)
• Experience establishing and overseeing engineering standards, including coding standards, code review practices, branching strategies, and quality gates, ensuring consistent and maintainable delivery across the team.
• Knowledge of enterprise application architecture and system design within the Microsoft stack (.NET Framework/.NET Core, C#, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, SQL Server), with the ability to guide design decisions, debugging, and resolution of complex technical issues at a supervisory level.
• Experience planning or supporting application modernization and migration to a cloud hosted environment (e.g., AWS), including assessing legacy systems, cloud readiness, and phased migration approaches while maintaining a Microsoft technology stack.
• Experience overseeing DevOps practices using Azure DevOps Server/Services and GitHub, including source control, CI/CD pipeline configuration, automated deployment, environment management across development/test/production, and release coordination.
• Experience managing vendor and contractor deliverables, collaborating across cross functional business and technical teams, and communicating project status, risks, and outcomes to executive and non technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of application support, system maintenance, and incident/problem resolution practices that ensure reliability, security, and continuity of enterprise applications in a production environment.

This position is headquartered at the New Labor Agency Building (NLAB), a newly remodeled high-rise building. Located in the heart of Downtown Sacramento and in close proximity of the State Capitol and the Golden1 Center, this beautiful and modern building provides the following amenities: Break areas, wellness/lactation rooms, coffee points, a fitness center with private showers, a Career Center for EDD Employees, a micro market, building-wide WiFi, an outdoor terrace, bike storage, nearby public transit options, and much more., Please only submit ONE application. Electronic applications submitted through your CalCareer Account are highly recommended and will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing.