Senior Application Developer
State of Indiana•Indianapolis, IN
•Onsite
About The Position
The Application Developer Senior is a senior full‑stack engineer within the IOT Application Development program responsible for designing, modernizing, and delivering secure, scalable applications that support statewide agencies. This role strengthens IOT’s application development capabilities, enhances modernization efforts, and advances secure, automated, and AI‑driven software development practices. You will collaborate closely with technical teams, leadership, and agency partners to deliver high‑quality solutions and enable modern engineering workflows. This is an onsite position at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Requirements
- Advanced full‑stack development skills (C#, .NET, Angular, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, API design).
- Hands‑on experience using GitHub Enterprise Cloud Copilot for AI‑driven development including code generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and modernization.
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps workflows, secure SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud‑native engineering.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and applying consistent development standards across multiple applications.
- Ability to collaborate across teams, provide technical leadership, and support large‑scale modernization initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of business applications within the scope of the work assigned.
- Advanced knowledge of policies, standards, procedures, and techniques used for application development.
- Advanced knowledge of programming for diverse operating systems and platforms using development tools.
- Considerable knowledge of application software flow.
- Ability to design, develop, and maintain software applications, ensuring their stability, reliability, and scalability.
- Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving capability.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- At least 7+ years of experience applying the outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role may be considered.
Responsibilities
- Utilize AI‑assisted development through GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Copilot for code generation, refactoring, modernization, testing, and documentation.
- Apply AI‑driven techniques to accelerate migration of legacy applications, improve code consistency, and streamline development workflows.
- Use AI capabilities for analyzing technical debt, generating architectural drafts, creating test suites, recommending secure‑coding improvements, and automating documentation.
- Implement AI‑supported remediation tasks including accessibility fixes, dependency updates, and framework modernization.
- Design, build, test, and maintain applications using modern frameworks such as .NET, Angular, and SQL‑based systems.
- Migrate legacy systems to modern platforms and remediate technical debt using standardized engineering patterns.
- Build APIs, updates, integrations, and modular components that align with enterprise architecture direction.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
- Support infrastructure‑as‑code, deployment automation, version control workflows, and environment promotion processes.
- Contribute to improving team workflows through automation, reusable templates, enhanced documentation, and standardized development practices.
- Support onboarding, knowledge sharing, and process optimization that improve developer productivity and team consistency.
- Assist in architectural discussions, design reviews, modernization planning, and implementation of engineering best practices.
- Support modernization initiatives across agency portfolios using repeatable development patterns, automation, and AI‑assisted workflows.
Benefits
- Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
- Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
- Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
- Deferred compensation 457(b) account (similar to 401(k) plan) with employer match
- Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
- A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to: 150 hours of paid New Parent Leave and up to eight weeks of paid Childbirth Recovery Leave for eligible mothers, Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave, Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
- 12 paid holidays, 14 in election years
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Group life insurance
- Referral Bonus program
- Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
- Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Free Parking for most positions
- Free LinkedIn Learning access
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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