Application Developer Ii​/Emergency Appointment Homelessness

Position: APPLICATION DEVELOPER II / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS
EXAM NUMBER:

PH2521A-EA

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

FIRST DAY OF FILING:

The application filing period will begin on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. (PT) - Continuous.

We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Application Developer II vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Application Developer II.

DEFINITION:

Under general supervision, analyzes, designs, evaluates, develops, codes, tests, and maintains application systems.

CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:

Incumbents in this journey-level class possess a full range of analytical skills in programming.  Working from program specifications and using one or more programming languages, they independently analyze, code, test, and debug program logic for a complete system or for a component or a module of a complex system.  Incumbents understand and are able to apply a full range of application development concepts, such as structured program design or object oriented design.  

Incumbents possess a thorough understanding of requirements analysis.  They elicit and document requirements using industry standard methodologies and/or analysis tools. The Application Developer Series is distinguished from the Information Systems Analyst Series in that Application Developers perform programming duties and are required to have programming knowledge and experience.

* Codes, tests and debugs application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintains/modifies existing business applications according to program specifications.

* Develops program specifications.

* Performs unit or modular testing and integration testing for new or modified applications.

* Writes and executes programs to extract, transform, and load data for system conversions.

* Prepares technical documents, user manuals, and help files.

* Identifies, analyzes, records, tracks, and resolves application problems.

* Develops functional requirements as needed.

* Installs application software as needed.

* Researches application development tools and methodologies and makes recommendations to management as needed.

* Assists in the development of solicitation documents including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotes, and statements of work as needed.

* Assists in reviewing vendor performance as needed.

* Assists in database management related activities for a specific application as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

OPTION I:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree
* in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field.

* AND
- Two (2) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.

OPTION II:
One (1) year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County class of Application Developer I*.

OPTION III:
Three (3) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.

LICENSE:

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

PHYSICAL CLASS:

Physical Class II - Light:
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