UI Online - Developer Supervisor

Job Description and Duties

THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT, IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RE-APPLY.

THIS POSITION MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE. THE AMOUNT OF TELEWORK IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS BUSINESS NEEDS ARISE.

Join the team driving the continued evolution of California’s Unemployment Insurance Online (UIO) platform. This leadership opportunity is ideal for a technically strong and people-focused development manager who thrives in fast-paced enterprise environments and is passionate about delivering reliable, high-impact digital services to millions of Californians.

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.

Position located at 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

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.

Apply today for the opportunity to work in this state-of-the-art building!

Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for hours in the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) per month. For more details, please click here to visit the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website.

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Working Conditions

Visa Sponsorship
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.

Typical Office Environment

Special Requirements

It is strongly encouraged to apply through your CalCareer Account at .

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.

If you are unable to apply electronically through your CalCareer account, please mail a completed and signed State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 and application package to the mailing address provided in the “Application Instructions’ section below and ensure the following:

• Clearly indicate the Job Code #, Position Number and the Classification Title of this position in the “Examination or Job Title(s) For Which You Are Applying” section located on Page 3 of your State Examination/Employment STD Form 678.

• Clearly indicate the basis of your eligibility (list, transfer, reinstatement, etc.) in the “Explanations” section located on Page 3 of your State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678.

• Remove and do not submit the “Equal Employment Opportunity” questionnaire (Page 10) with your completed State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678. This page is for examination use only.

• Do not include your full Social Security Number on your documents and/or do not provide any LEAP information.

Examination/Assessment 
To apply for this position, you must obtain list eligibility by taking and passing the examination. If you already have list eligibility for this classification, you do not need to retake the examination unless your list eligibility has expired.

Click the examination link below for more information and to take the exam:

For more information about the State hiring process, click here . To watch tutorials on how to apply for a State job, click here .

Desirable Qualifications

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.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website, , and the CalPERS website, .

Statement of Qualifications Requirements

A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is Required.  The SOQ will be considered the first phase of the hiring process for this position. If your qualifications are competitive, you may be invited to an interview. The SOQ should be typed and not more than two pages in length, not less than 12-point font, single-spaced, with margins not less than one inch, including your first and last name at the top of the page, and must include a response to the statement(s) below, including specific examples: 

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.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is required and must be included.
• Degree and/or School Transcripts
• Statement of Qualifications -
  A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is Required.  Please see “Statement of Qualifications Requirements” section for more information about the SOQ.