The posting
Posting Date
10/09/26
Application Deadline
10/14/26
Pay Range
Min - 1st Quartile - Mid - Max $87,000.00 - $104,375.00 - $121,750.00 - $156,500.00
The expected ENTRY pay range for this position based on experience and equity within the Judicial Branch is $87,000.00 to $104,375.00.
This position is Exempt under the FLSA.
What We Offer
We offer generous paid time off, paid sick leave, and 10 paid holidays! We have affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance, and our employees are entitled to coverage by one of several State-sponsored retirement pension plans, our employee assistance program, and wellness incentives. Additionally, our employees have the option of life insurance, disability, a group legal plan, and pet insurance. Under the current guidelines for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, the Maricopa County Superior Court is a qualifying employer. Therefore, any full time Judicial Branch employee, who meets other eligibility criteria may be eligible for loan forgiveness under this program. Click here to learn more!
Job Type
Unclassified - Judicial
Department
D800 Superior Court
About the Position
*****Applicants must currently reside in Arizona or be willing to relocate to Arizona by the time of hire. *****
The Judicial Branch is unable to provide visa sponsorship (i.e. H-1B visa etc.).
The Programmer/Analyst Senior leads software development efforts and drives technical excellence across the team. The Programmer Analyst Senior architects, builds, and delivers modern applications while leveraging AI-powered development tools to accelerate delivery. Responsibilities include full-stack development, system design, CI/CD pipeline management, code review, mentoring developers, and building scalable, maintainable software solutions that serve the court and its users.
About The Superior Court:
The Superior Court of the Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County is dedicated to providing a safe, fair and impartial forum for resolving disputes, enhancing access to our services, and providing innovative, evidenced-based practices that improve the safety of our community and ensure the public’s trust and confidence in the Judicial Branch. The Superior Court in Maricopa County, one of the largest, most innovative and progressive trial courts in the nation, seeks innovative individuals to join our team who will embrace our vision of excellence and the principles inherent in the Rule of Law...every person, every day, every time. We fulfill these principles through a culture that values fairness, respect, integrity, innovation, and safety
Position Qualifications
We recognize your time is valuable, so please apply if you meet the following required qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Experience:
- Three (3) years of related experience, that includes software system design, programming and/or software systems and software support
OR
Combined education and experience qualifications:
- An equivalent combination of post-secondary education and job-related experience may substitute on a year-for-year basis.
Our Preferred Candidate has:
- Experience in managing small teams.
- Experience in UI and UX design.
- Experience in converting Crystal Reports to SSRS technologies
- Experience working in a Production Support environment
- One (1) year or more of experience in .NET and web application development
- Eight (8) years or more of experience in .NET and SQL and other Microsoft technologies
- Two (2) years or more of experience in Angular
- Four (4) years or more of experience in JavaScript
- One (1) year or more of experience in test driven development and unit testing
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Relational database design, stored procedure creation, and query building using SQL Server
- Page layout using HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap
- C#, ASP.NET MVC/Web Forms, and ASP.NET Core
- VBScript and (classic) ASP
- Angular 2/TypeScript
- Microsoft IIS 7/10, Self-Hosted server
- Architecture principles, OOPS, Unit testing and Test-Driven Development
Skill in:
- Crystal Reports
- Creating and maintaining SSRS Reports
- Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving
- Structured source control using Microsoft Team Foundation Server
- Angular, JQuery and JavaScript
- Design patterns and OOPS
- Agile process
- Microsoft .net and web application
- Database performance evaluation and data forensics
- VB6/COM Objects
Ability to:
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships.
- Multitask and cope with high volume and time-critical work environment.
- Conduct data forensic operations, audit trails and log mining capabilities.
- Design and develop business critical applications.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with personnel at all organizational levels.
Essential Job Tasks
(This is not an all-inclusive list of all job duties that may be required; employees will be required to perform other related duties as assigned.)
- Interacts in a team setting with co-workers including other programmers, database administrators and business analysts.
- Leads software development efforts and drives technical excellence across the team.
- Architects, builds, and delivers modern applications while leveraging AI-powered development tools to accelerate delivery
- Works independently to develop solutions for complex business and technical problems.
- Supports deployment of applications into production and maintain after release.
- Coordinates with other team members to brainstorm and create new processes for the Judicial Branch to use in day-to-day operations.
- Focuses continually on developing business knowledge and product/feature expertise.
- Utilizes source control to label, package, and deploy applications utilizing best practices procedures/techniques.
- Follows industry practices of analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance/production support of custom applications software.
- Tests developed applications for accuracy, efficiency, and stability.
- Coordinates with other team members to assist on a variety of other development needs and practices.
- Mentors and trains less experienced staff members.
- Assists on customer support issues resolving any application issues and/or errors.
Working conditions:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to communicate clearly, perceive details of objects that are close by, and maintain various physical positions for extended periods, such as sitting, standing, or walking. The job may involve using hands for tasks such as typing, handling objects, or operating tools, as well as reaching with hands and arms. Occasionally, the employee may be required to move or lift objects weighing up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Additional Information
Judicial Branch Human Resources reserves the right to move forward candidates based on the information provided directly on the application. The hiring authority will select the successful candidate based on departmental needs.
Typically, successful candidates are hired at a salary rate up to the midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.
All Judicial Branch offers of employment and continued employment are contingent upon passing a thorough background and/or fingerprint check. Applicants must completely and fully answer any questions regarding felony and misdemeanor convictions including any convictions that have been expunged or set aside. Failure to include criminal history information is grounds for termination of an offer and employment. A conviction may not automatically disqualify an applicant.
The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County participates in the State Retirement systems ASRS or PSPRS. As such, mandatory membership for all full-time employees includes payroll deducted contributions consistent with each retirement system's requirements. The current contribution rate for ASRS is 12.27% and the current contribution rate for PSPRS is 5.84% and up for the defined contribution plan and 8.82% for the defined benefit plan. For more information about contributions and benefits of these plans visit https://www.azasrs.gov/ or https://www.psprs.com/corrections-officer/
Judicial Branch facilities are located throughout Maricopa County. This position may be reassigned to other locations. Assignments will be made based upon the needs of the department.
The Judicial Branch in Maricopa County is an EEO/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
