Applications Developer (ITP-B, BU) at City of Seattle, WA
City of Seattle, WA · Seattle, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Professional
- Office in Seattle
About the Department
The City of Seattle is creating the civic technology foundations that help our community thrive through our One Seattle vision and initiatives. We are seeking candidates for an Applications Developer (IT Professional B, BU) within Seattle Information Technology (IT), specializing in the Microsoft Power Platform, with a primary emphasis on Power Pages web portals.
We are proud that Seattle is a hub of innovation and culture. The City aspires to reflect that spirit in our municipal services. For our Seattle IT team, we play a crucial role in enabling smart, equitable, and responsive services for City employees, Seattle residents, and local businesses. We work to unleash our people and community through technology solutions, infrastructure, and well-executed projects that are secure and resilient. We invest in open access to City information, privacy and responsible technology use, digital access, collaboration, customer service, and strategic planning. We are a leader in local government progress towards responsible AI adoption. These are Seattle’s values in action.
Our work is powered by people who share a mission of public good and care about being great in their professional fields together. We foster a culture of collaboration, continuous growth, shared high standards, and a flexible and empowering workplace for all team members.
Seattle IT's mission: We put powerful information and tools in the hands of people to unleash brilliance in service to our community. You can see Seattle IT’s direction here: ITStrategicPlan2025-2027.pdf. Join us in making Seattle as connected and innovative as the community we serve!
Position Duties
- Design, develop, and maintain Power Pages web portals, working closely with business analysts, City stakeholders, and end users.
- Design and develop new solutions involving a mix of high-code and low-code technologies to solve client department customer needs, working with business systems analysts, customers and other application developers.
- Provide support for existing, supported Power Platform applications; assess, fix and resolve issues (including performance, access, accuracy issues, etc.) using the following tools:
- Power Pages Web portals
- Model-driven and Dynamics 365 apps
- Power Automate flows and classic workflows
- HTML/Javascript Web Resources
- C# for Plugins and integrations
- Champion best practices for portal accessibility, responsive design, and public sector compliance.
- Provide technical analysis to identify options and to estimate work effort.
- Collaborate to build, test, deploy, and maintain new applications in the Power Platform, following standard software development lifecycle processes.
- Optimally subdivide large tasks into appropriately sized work-in-progress periods, deliver accurate estimates of those work packages, summarize the work into a dependable schedule, and monitor the work through completion.
- Competently coordinate, run, and follow up on team activities, fact finding, critical reviews, planning, and other meeting discussions.
- Participate in solution reviews and coach and mentor peers within your areas of expertise.
- Other duties as assigned commensurate with an IT Professional B level.
Here's more of what you'll be doing:
- Prioritize multifaceted tasks to deliver the best possible service to our client department customers.
- Work with business systems analysts and client department customers to accurately define and document application requirements.
- Assess and quickly respond to support incidents and events with a professional, analytical, and detailed approach.
- Perform system maintenance and deployment activities during non-business hours as the need arises.
Minimum Qualifications
NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for the required qualifications.
Required Qualifications:- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying solutions using Microsoft Power Pages (including public and private portals using basic and advanced forms, customizing pages with Liquid/JavaScript/CSS, and managing portal security).
- 3+ years of experience developing with C# or other comparable “high-code” languages.
- In-depth knowledge of Plugin and Web Resources development to customize Dataverse applications.
- Experience with Dataverse, Model-driven Apps, Power Automate, and related Power Platform technologies.
- Understanding of Dataverse application architecture and design, including concepts such as security (table, row, field-level), solutions (unmanaged and managed), and environment strategy.
- Experience working in Agile or hybrid project environments.
- Familiarity with source control tools such as Azure DevOps, source control, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Power BI is a plus.
Other Qualifications
The full salary range for this classification is $52.63 - $79.00 per hour. The salary for this individual role has been identified as $68.50 per hour.
Why work at the City of Seattle?
The City of Seattle recognizes everyone must play a role in ending institutional and structural racism. Our behavior shapes our workplace culture, reflects our personal commitments, and how we fearlessly share our view and encourage others to do the same. We seek employees who will engage in the Race and Social Justice Initiative by working to dismantle racist policies and procedures, unlearn the way things have always been done, and provide fair and accessible processes and services.
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits/employees-and-covered-family-members/most-employees-plans.
Application & Selection Process- A complete online application updated with accurate contact information, and relevant work history going back at least 10 years (or more, if necessary) with all job duties, dates of employment, and reasons for leaving explained clearly.
- Completed supplemental questions.
- A cover letter (no longer than two (2) pages).
Workplace Environment (Telework Expectation)
This position offers the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule. At this time, hybrid telework schedules have a minimum requirement of three days onsite per week. Individual schedules are based on operational needs and agreement between the employee and their supervisor.
Background Check
This hiring process involves a background check of conviction and arrest records in compliance with Seattle's Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain or correct background information.
Who may apply
This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. The City of Seattle values diverse perspectives and life experiences. Applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The City encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with diverse life experience.
Union
This position is covered by a collective bargaining unit; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77. For information explore Local 77’s website.
If you have any questions or require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the selection process, please contact Naomi Recania at [email protected].
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