California Department of Justice

Job Description and Duties

The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Full Stack Application Developer to join our team, playing a critical role in developing and maintaining applications that are vital to public safety across the state. Your work will directly support the mission of the Office of the Attorney General: to enforce the law, ensure justice, and safeguard Californians. This is an opportunity to leverage your technical expertise in a public-service environment where your code contributes to real-world outcomes, including maintaining the security and accuracy of essential law enforcement information systems.

As a Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, and deployment of mission-critical applications within the Integrated Applications and Services Section. You will work with both front-end and back-end technologies, databases and system integration points to deliver highly available and secure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable applications using Java and Oracle database technologies.
• Maintain legacy applications and build dynamic, secure and responsive user interfaces leveraging modern web frameworks and template engines.
• Manage and optimize Oracle databases, including writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and conducting troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Actively participate in an Agile/Scrum environment, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, to ensure rapid and iterative development.
• Drive engagement across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, system architecture, testing, and deployment.
• Design, implement, and maintain DevOps integration and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Artifactory to automate and guarantee continuous quality.
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to translate complex legal and business requirements into technical specifications and application features.
• Ensure the highest standards of security, integrity, and privacy are met for all sensitive criminal justice information.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Benefits

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.