Senior Full Stack Developer

Brief Job Description

The Senior Full Stack Developer will support the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). This role serves as a full stack developer resource with portal experience, responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting full-stack web applications. The developer will analyze business objectives, user requirements, and operational procedures to automate processing or improve existing computer systems. Responsibilities include building user interfaces, APIs, and secure authentication and authorization capabilities, along with data integration and production support. Services are expected to begin on or around December 14, 2026, and continue through February 26, 2027, with potential renewal or extension.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support full-stack web applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Develop user interfaces and APIs to support web portal functionality.
• Implement security, authentication, and authorization controls within web applications.
• Perform data integration and provide production support for deployed applications.
• Analyze business objectives and problems, identify alternative solutions, and perform studies and cost/benefit analyses of alternatives.
• Confer with personnel of involved organizational units to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements.
• Determine requirements such as forms of data input, how data is to be summarized, and formats for reports.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Review computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine whether requested programs or program changes are possible within the existing system.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 years of experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting full-stack web applications using modern frontend and backend technologies, including UI development, APIs, security, authentication, authorization, data integration, and production support.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience developing secure web portals or enterprise applications supporting internal and external users, including role-based access, identity management, API integration, secure coding, testing, performance optimization, and operational support.
• 5 years of experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, FastAPI, and Terraform.
• 3 years of experience developing applications in healthcare, public health, disease surveillance, or health information environments, including electronic case reporting, laboratory data, healthcare records, or other regulated health information.
• 3 years of experience developing applications that process sensitive healthcare data while complying with HIPAA, privacy, security, and data governance requirements.
• 3 years of experience integrating applications with cloud services and data platforms, including AWS services, enterprise APIs, analytics platforms, data warehouses, or large-scale data ingestion solutions supporting reporting and analytics.
• 3 years of experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, or other enterprise authentication and authorization solutions.
• 3 years of experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures using cloud-native integration and messaging services.
• 3 years of experience with modern software delivery practices, including Git, GitHub, CI/CD, automated deployments, DevSecOps, unit and integration testing, code reviews, defect tracking, monitoring, logging, and documentation.
• 1 year of experience deploying applications using Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• 1 year of experience with AWS HealthLake, Snowflake, or similar cloud healthcare data platforms.

Additional Requirements

• Candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Austin, Texas.
• Candidates must be available to meet the required onsite schedule of Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Candidates may be required to work outside normal business hours, including weekends, evenings, and holidays, as requested.
• Interviews will be conducted in person or through Microsoft Teams.

Work Location and Schedule

Location: 701 W. 51st, Austin, Texas 78751.

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding Texas state holidays when the agency is closed.

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, onsite Mondays and Wednesdays and remote 3 days per week.