Senior IT Application Developer

Job Summary:

The Senior IT Application Developer serves as a senior technical contributor responsible for the design, development, enhancement, integration, and ongoing support of School of Medicine applications, including those supporting faculty affairs, finance, and research administration.

This position works across the full application lifecycle, from design and development through testing, deployment, and production support, including maintenance, modernization, and migration of existing applications. The role partners with the Data Team, project management, business stakeholders, security and compliance, and other developers to translate business needs into secure, maintainable solutions.

The successful candidate will bring hands-on development experience, strong technical judgment, and the ability to independently investigate complex problems, make technical decisions, and own application work from design through production support.

The work model for this position is hybrid, as determined by the School of Medicine Office of the Dean, Information Services department.

Key Responsibilities:

Application Design & Development (40%)

• Design, develop, and enhance School of Medicine applications, including front-end interfaces, application logic, services, and back-end components built with .NET/C# and JavaScript.

• Translate functional and technical requirements into application designs and make technical design and architecture decisions.

• Apply secure coding, accessibility, usability, performance, and maintainability standards and data-protection requirements such as HIPAA and FERPA throughout development.

Application Maintenance, Enhancements & Technical Debt (25%)

• Maintain and enhance existing production applications, including legacy applications requiring modernization or migration.

• Evaluate existing code and architecture and perform refactoring and upgrades to reduce technical debt while maintaining continuity of critical business services.

• Balance new feature development with application lifecycle, maintenance, security, and sustainability requirements.

Database, API & Systems Integration, Release Management (20%)

• Design and maintain SQL Server database components, queries, stored procedures, and data models, along with RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.

• Conduct peer code reviews, mentor other developers, and maintain code through approved version-control practices in GitHub.

• Follow established change, release-management, and CI/CD practices across development, testing/staging, and production environments, partnering with QA and project teams to validate acceptance criteria before deployment.

Production Support (15%)

• Provide advanced troubleshooting and production support, resolving defects, performance issues, and integration failures.

• Maintain technical and release documentation, including architecture, integrations, dependencies, configuration, and support procedures, to reduce reliance on undocumented institutional knowledge.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and explain technical options, constraints, risks, and trade-offs.

This description is a summary of the general level of work and is not intended to be all-inclusive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business need and the approved organizational design. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.

Work Location:

Hybrid – this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of three (3) days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

Why Join Us:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education, and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu.

The School of Medicine (SOM) Office of the Dean Information Services team supports digital, data, application, infrastructure, web, and end-user technology services for SOM departments.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation, and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package, including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options

• Dental: Multiple plan options

• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision

• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay

• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year

• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)

• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)

• Holiday Days: 15/year

• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses

• ECO Pass: Reduced-rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, or closely related field.

  • Substitution: A combination of education and related technical/military/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis.

• Two (2) years of professional experience in software or web application development.

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.