Lead Applications Developer-Full Stack (Onsite)
West Coast University, Inc2 years ago
Irvine, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$134k - $187k/yr
Responsibilities
- Gather and analyze user requirements and translate them into application designs, technical specifications, and business solutions.
- Design, develop, test, debug, document, deploy, and maintain full-stack web applications and microservices.
- Use ASP.NET, SQL Server, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, C#/.NET, and related development tools to build and enhance software.
- Lead application architecture, implementation, deployment, release, defect correction, and continuous improvement across on-premises and cloud-native environments.
- Collaborate with business analysts, business users, QA teams, third-party vendors, and organizational stakeholders throughout delivery.
- Leverage Claude, OpenCode, and other LLM-based coding agents for prompt engineering, refactoring, boilerplate generation, prototyping, codebase analysis, and root-cause analysis.
- Create project definition documents, business requirements, functional specifications, requirements plans, and deliverable plans.
- Provide system training and documentation for administrative, professional, and staff users.
- Manage implementation of software releases, enhancements, process changes, and end-user training.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on web application and microservices development using C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL Server, and React or Angular.
- At least 5 years of technical leadership in application design, architecture, implementation, and deployment across on-premises and cloud-native environments.
- Expert-level skill with C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, and associated development tools.
- Extensive experience working with business analysts to define software requirements for concrete business needs.
- Solid experience with LLM-based coding agents such as Claude or OpenCode and agentic coding practices.
- Knowledge of project management and the software development life cycle.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, time-management, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to work independently, collaborate across organizational levels, manage competing deadlines, exercise sound judgment, and work a flexible schedule.
Benefits
- Onsite work arrangement.
- Bonus eligible.
- Employment with West Coast University includes a student-centered, collaborative, and growth-oriented workplace culture.
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About West Coast University, Inc
West Coast University, Inc. is a private, for-profit higher-education institution offering healthcare-focused degree programs for aspiring nurses and allied health professionals, delivered on campus and online. Revenue comes from tuition and fees across undergraduate and graduate programs such as nursing, dental hygiene, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The university operates multiple campuses in California, Texas, and Florida, including a Los Angeles site in North Hollywood, and holds regional and programmatic accreditations.