About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring an Applications Developer to support business applications for a municipal IT program. You will maintain, enhance, and support production applications, develop reports and interfaces, and work with technical teams and city staff to resolve incidents and deliver upgrades.

• Maintain and apply patches, upgrades, and other maintenance tasks across business applications.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy application enhancements, reports, and interfaces.
• Gather and document business requirements and technical specifications.
• Implement and enforce application migration, testing, and support processes.
• Provide production support, troubleshoot issues, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with network, hosting, and workplace services teams and external vendors.
• Prioritize fixes and change orders with stakeholders and track target completion dates.
• Provide timely follow-through on production issues and customer inquiries.
• Support 24x7 business operations as needed and be available onsite during client business hours.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 1 year experience (including internships or school projects) as an applications developer using C#, .NET, Java, or another object-oriented language.
• At least 1 year hands-on SQL coding experience.
• Familiarity with relational and/or open-source databases.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and organization skills.
• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal, and documentation skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to multi-platform technical environments.
• Willingness to provide off-hours support for production incidents when required.
• Must be willing to work onsite at the client office in Anaheim, CA.

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Nice-to-Have

• Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI, Crystal Reports, or Cognos.
• Prior exposure to municipal or public-sector IT environments.
• Experience implementing application migration and testing workflows.

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Details & Compensation

• Employment type: Contract to Hire (straight-time contract)
• Work location: Fully onsite at the client office in Anaheim, CA
• Pay range (candidate-facing): $27.00 - $32.00 per hour
• Targeted conversion salary (if hired full-time): $60,000 - $75,000 annually (dependent on experience)
• Hourly bill rate (for suppliers): $45/hr
• Anticipated placement: 1 opening
• Clearance: Candidate must be comfortable with undergoing an Anaheim Police Department security clearance process
• Interview steps: Phone screen → In-person interview → Possible additional in-person interview with client

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Benefits (if eligible after hire)

Benefits may be available depending on classification and length of employment and can include:

• Medical, dental & vision
• 401(k) retirement plan (pre-tax and Roth options)
• Voluntary life & AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off (PTO, vacation, sick leave)

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Additional Notes for Suppliers

When submitting candidates for consideration, include on the candidate resume:

• Candidate’s full legal name
• Candidate’s bill rate
• Candidate’s conversion salary request
• Confirmation candidate is committed to onsite work (if applicable)

Confidential Client supports the City of Anaheim IT services program. This role involves production application support and close coordination with city staff and vendors.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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