Lead Developer

Join a high-impact mission-driven project as the Lead Developer where you will guide a distributed development team in building secure scalable and modern software solutions for a public-sector environment. This role is ideal for a technical leader who thrives in complex systems communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and ensures development excellence across the entire SDLC. You will oversee system design architecture alignment code integrity performance and on-time delivery-while shaping modern UI experiences and driving continuous improvement.

US Citizenship or Green Card required

This opportunity is based on an RFP being awarded and the projected start date is the Summer of 2026

WORKSITE:

Sacramento or California Preferred

WORK SCHEDULE:

Monday - Friday PST

PAY RATE:

$100.00 per hour

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Paid sick leave based on state regulations after 90 days of employment

• Medical dental and vision coverage after a waiting period (60% paid by Fortuna)

• Free TeleMedicine and Mental Health support for all employees and their families

• Additional voluntary benefits: Group Life Insurance Accidental Insurance Critical Care Short-Term Disability

WHAT YOULL DO

• Manage all aspects of software development including implemented planned and proposed functionalities as well as system defect remediation.

• Oversee and safeguard the integrity organization and security of the software source code library.

• Lead mentor and guide the application development team through designing coding testing configuration research and system analysis.

• Serve as the key liaison to communicate State specifications and requirements to development teams.

• Develop and maintain technical system configuration documentation to ensure transparency and long-term maintainability.

• Monitor project timelines and ensure development activities are completed on schedule in alignment with project deadlines.

• Collaborate with system testers to validate that development outputs are secure high quality and free from defects.

• Support system-level troubleshooting debugging and performance optimization.

• Drive effective software development practices in a distributed technical environment.

• Oversee the implementation of modern Graphical User Interface (GUI) designs to improve usability and user experience.

• Proactively identify assess and mitigate risks associated with development activities.

• Enforce and champion SDLC best practices across all development work.

• Perform additional duties as required to ensure the successful delivery and maintenance of software solutions.

WHAT YOULL BRING

Minimum Qualifications (MQs)

• Five (5) years of experience performing high-level systems analysis evaluation design integration documentation and implementation of complex applications.

• Three (3) years of experience as a Lead Developer overseeing mixed contractor and public-sector teams on a public-sector IT project.

• Five (5) years of experience participating in and leading all phases of application development including planning analysis evaluation integration testing and acceptance.

• Five (5) years of experience reviewing detailed specifications (user stories functional/non-functional requirements Interface Control Documents) for implementation or configuration.

• Five (5) years of experience working with DevOps methodologies.

Desirable Qualifications (DQs)

• One (1) to three (3) years of experience as a Lead Developer implementing or maintaining a public-sector system.

ABOUT FORTUNA

Fortuna operates as a staffing agency that sources screens and presents potential candidates for employment opportunities on behalf of our clients.
Founded in 2012 by practicing professionals with more than 50 years of combined experience Fortuna is headquartered in McClellan California with offices in Los Angeles and New York and satellite locations in the Philippines and Israel. We are active members of statewide service agreements including CMAS ITMSA (Tier 2) and the CalPERS SpringFed Pool in addition to multiple municipal and enterprise vendor pools.

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