Senior .NET Developer Lead

Date: Aug 4, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more. Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage.

Functional Title: Senior .NET Developer Lead Job Title: Programmer V Agency: Health & Human Services Comm Department: Applications - HHS Systems Posting Number: 19681 Closing Date: 10/03/2026 Posting Audience: Internal and External Occupational Category: Computer and Mathematical Salary Range: $7,716.66 - $9,910.25 Pay Frequency: Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-28 Shift: Day Additional Shift: Days (First)

Telework Travel: Regular/Temporary: Regular Full Time/Part Time: Full time FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

Facility Location: Job Location City: AUSTIN

Job Location Address: 701 W 51ST ST

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This position is open to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents. This onsite role requires the selected candidate to work from an HHS office in Austin, Texas. The Senior .NET Developer Lead (Programmer V) serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the planning, direction, execution, and successful delivery of complex IT initiatives for the .NET Product Delivery team. This role provides both strategic oversight and hands on leadership, ensuring that enterprise application solutions align with HHSC business objectives, architectural standards, and operational needs.

The position leads the design, development, implementation, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise level server based and cloud-based systems. Responsibilities include coordinating and directing development activities, overseeing infrastructure configuration, scalability, security, performance optimization, and deployment strategies. The Senior .NET Developer Lead proactively monitors system performance, identifies risks, prioritizes corrective actions, and directs issue resolution to ensure stable, secure, and highly available platforms.

This role exercises technical and functional leadership by assigning work, reviewing completed deliverables, guiding application architecture decisions, conducting design reviews, setting development standards, and ensuring adherence to best practices throughout the software development lifecycle. The position provides day to day technical direction, leads and mentors development staff, supports skill development, provides input into performance outcomes, serves as the technical escalation point for complex issues, and fosters a collaborative, high performing team environment.

In addition, the Senior .NET Developer Lead collaborates closely with business stakeholders, project managers, architects, and leadership across HHSC agencies to support cross agency business process analysis initiatives. The role coordinates team efforts, balances competing priorities, and routinely makes recommendations that impact application strategy, delivery timelines, risk mitigation, and resource utilization.

The Senior .NET Developer Lead serves as a designated backup to the Director of Application Development or other HHSC IT Directors, acting on behalf of leadership when assigned and ensuring continuity of operations. Work is performed with significant independence, initiative, creativity, and authority in a fast paced, enterprise environment supporting multiple HHSC agencies.

Employees must be willing to work from an HHS office designated by the hiring manager three or more days per week in Austin, Texas.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs) Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

Oversees the proper direction for the architectural design, planning, production support, and customer services for custom software systems, existing prod…