Senior Full-Stack Application Developer – Angular/AzureMyPAS 3.0 Public Sector Modernization
Openings: 2
Location: Oklahoma City, OK / Remote with On-Site Meetings as Required
Engagement: Long-Term Contract
Program: MyPAS 3.0 Modernization
Industry: Public Sector / Pension & Retirement Administration
Schedule: Generally Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Central
The Opportunity
LocalPeople LLC is seeking two experienced Senior Full-Stack Application Developers to support the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) MyPAS 3.0 modernization initiative.
This is an opportunity to participate in a major, multi-year public-sector technology transformation designed to replace aging legacy applications, retire the existing ALICE pension administration platform, and transition TRS to a modern, cloud-native environment.
At the center of this transformation is MyPAS 3.0, a modern Azure-hosted pension administration system designed to integrate with the MyTRS member portal and MyERS employer portal.
TRS serves more than 210,000 employees and retirees across over 600 Oklahoma school districts, career technology centers, colleges, and universities, making it the largest of Oklahoma's six state pension systems.
This is not a short-term maintenance assignment.
The selected developers will have the opportunity to help build the next generation of a mission-critical public-sector pension administration platform that will support Oklahoma's education community for years to come.
The MyPAS 3.0 Modernization
TRS is actively transitioning from legacy technologies and fragmented business processes toward a unified, modern application environment.
The modernization is focused on improving scalability, maintainability, security, operational resilience, accessibility, and user experience while reducing manual processes, technical debt, system fragmentation, and legacy workarounds.
The modern technology environment includes:
Angular | REST APIs | Microsoft Azure | Azure SQL Managed Instance | Azure Function Apps | Power BI | Modern Document Management | Workflow & Process Automation
TRS has already established its project charter and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), modernized its member portal, migrated legacy environments to Azure, and is establishing the foundation for its modern applications.
The successful developers will work within this environment to design, develop, test, document, integrate, and enhance MyPAS 3.0 application components.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Application Developer, you will work closely with TRS technical staff, Business Analysts, product/project resources, testers, and business stakeholders to translate functional and technical requirements into secure, maintainable, production-ready software.
You will participate throughout the software development lifecycle rather than simply receiving development assignments.
Responsibilities will include:
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain modern application components supporting MyPAS 3.0
- Develop responsive application functionality using Angular and modern web-development practices
- Design, develop, consume, and maintain REST APIs and system integrations
- Develop and support solutions within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem
- Develop and maintain Azure Function Apps and related cloud-based application components
- Work with Azure SQL Managed Instance and application data
- Participate in modernization and replacement of functionality currently supported by legacy applications
- Analyze existing legacy functionality, dependencies, interfaces, and business rules as part of system replacement
- Translate functional and technical specifications into maintainable application code
- Participate in requirements and user-story refinement with Business Analysts and project stakeholders
- Review user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure technical feasibility and completeness
- Perform coding, unit testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and technical documentation
- Participate in peer code reviews
- Prepare and submit pull requests for TRS review
- Develop APIs, interfaces, integrations, and automation workflows
- Troubleshoot defects and support functional and User Acceptance Testing
- Collaborate with technical and business resources to resolve issues and improve application functionality
- Deliver high-quality development work with a strong emphasis on security, maintainability, performance, and minimal defects
- Manage multiple development assignments while meeting established project timelines and SDLC requirements
Legacy System Modernization
Experience with legacy application modernization or system replacement is particularly valuable for this engagement.
MyPAS 3.0 is being developed to ultimately replace functionality currently supported by TRS legacy applications, including the ALICE pension administration platform.
Developers should be comfortable working in an environment where modern functionality may need to be designed based on existing applications, business processes, interfaces, data, and institutional knowledge.
We are particularly interested in developers who understand that modernization does not mean simply rewriting old code in a new language.
Successful modernization requires understanding:
What does the existing system do?
Why does the business need it?
What business rules are embedded within it?
What applications and interfaces depend on it?
What should the future-state process look like?
And how should that functionality be implemented using a modern, maintainable architecture?
Required Technical Capabilities
Candidates should have strong professional application-development experience and demonstrated knowledge of modern software engineering practices.
The ideal candidate will bring experience with several of the following:
- Angular
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- REST API development and integration
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Function Apps
- Azure SQL / SQL Server
- Modern web application architecture
- API and system-interface development
- Cloud-native or cloud-hosted application development
- Secure coding practices
- Source control and branching strategies
- Pull requests and peer code reviews
- Unit testing
- Application debugging and troubleshooting
- CI/CD and modern deployment practices
- Agile software development
- Azure DevOps or comparable SDLC tools
- Technical documentation
- Application integration
- Workflow and process automation
Candidates do not necessarily need experience with every technology listed above. We are looking for developers with a strong modern application-development foundation who can quickly become productive within the MyPAS 3.0 environment.
Business & Functional Understanding
This position requires more than strong coding skills.
TRS is looking for developers who can understand the business purpose behind the software they are developing.
Developers will work closely with Business Analysts and stakeholders to understand business processes, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and pension-system business rules.
Candidates should be comfortable participating in discussions involving:
- Business-process analysis
- Functional requirements
- User-story refinement
- Acceptance criteria
- Application workflows
- Business rules
- Data requirements
- Integration requirements
- Exception scenarios
- Testing and defect resolution
The successful developer should be able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Public Sector Experience
Public-sector technology experience is strongly preferred.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have supported:
- State government
- Local government
- Public pension or retirement systems
- Education or higher education
- Public benefits programs
- Government financial or HCM systems
- Large public-sector ERP environments
- Government application modernization initiatives
Candidates with public-sector experience should understand the importance of security, accessibility, auditability, documentation, maintainability, data protection, business continuity, and long-term sustainability within government technology environments.
Previous State of Oklahoma or Oklahoma public-sector experience is highly desirable.
Pension & Retirement Experience
Previous experience developing or supporting pension, retirement, benefits, or member-administration systems is highly desirable.
Relevant domain experience may include:
- Pension administration
- Retirement processing
- Member administration
- Employer reporting
- Contributions
- Service credit
- Retirement eligibility
- Benefit calculations
- Beneficiary administration
- Refunds and adjustments
- Retiree administration
- Member and employer self-service
- Financial transactions
- Workflow and approvals
- Document management
- Correspondence
- Reporting and analytics
Candidates with direct pension-system experience should clearly identify that experience on their résumé.
Candidates without pension experience who have strong public-sector modernization, ERP, HCM, benefits, financial systems, or enterprise application-development experience are also encouraged to apply.
What Will Make You Stand Out
We are especially interested in developers who can demonstrate experience participating in a major legacy-to-modern application transformation.
An exceptional candidate will be able to describe how they:
Understood existing application functionality and business requirements.
Worked collaboratively with Business Analysts and business stakeholders.
Participated in user-story and acceptance-criteria refinement.
Designed an appropriate technical solution.
Developed secure and maintainable application code.
Built or consumed APIs and system integrations.
Performed unit testing and participated in code reviews.
Submitted and managed pull requests.
Supported functional testing and defect resolution.
And successfully moved functionality into a production environment.
We are looking for developers who want to understand the system they are building—not simply complete assigned coding tasks.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The strongest candidates will typically have 7+ years of professional application-development experience, although demonstrated capability and relevant modernization experience will be considered more important than years of experience alone.
We would particularly like to speak with candidates who combine:
Strong full-stack development capabilities
Angular and modern front-end development experience
REST API and integration experience
Microsoft Azure development experience
Strong SQL/database knowledge
Enterprise application-development experience
Agile/SDLC experience
Azure DevOps experience
Legacy application modernization experience
Public-sector or government experience
Strong communication and documentation skills
Experience with pension administration systems is a significant plus.
Location & Work Expectations
This engagement supports the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Remote work flexibility is available; however, in-person attendance in Oklahoma City may be required for certain project meetings, technical sessions, workshops, or other project activities.
Candidates must be willing and able to attend required on-site meetings.
Travel expenses associated with required attendance should not be assumed to be separately reimbursable.
Typical working hours are approximately 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Central Time, with flexibility potentially available based on project requirements and approval.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
MyPAS 3.0 is a substantial public-sector modernization initiative—not a routine application-support engagement.
The successful developers will have an opportunity to help TRS:
- Retire aging legacy technology
- Eliminate technical debt
- Modernize critical pension-administration functionality
- Improve system scalability and maintainability
- Reduce fragmented and manual processes
- Improve application security
- Build modern APIs and integrations
- Improve member and employer experiences
- Introduce modern document management and workflow capabilities
- Establish technology that can support TRS operations well into the future
For developers who enjoy solving difficult enterprise problems and want to see the long-term impact of what they build, this represents an opportunity to contribute to a modernization program with a meaningful public mission.
About LocalPeople LLC
LocalPeople LLC is an Oklahoma-based technology consulting firm specializing in public-sector enterprise applications, ERP solutions, application modernization, business-process improvement, integration, implementation, and production support.
Our consultants work collaboratively with clients and internal technical teams to solve complex problems while transferring knowledge and strengthening the client's long-term ability to operate and maintain its technology.
We are particularly experienced in complex public-sector environments where successful technology delivery requires an understanding of both the technical solution and the government business processes the technology supports.
Apply
If you are an experienced Application Developer who enjoys building modern applications, solving complex business problems, and replacing legacy technology with sustainable solutions, we would like to hear from you.
When applying, please submit a current résumé that clearly identifies your experience with:
Angular | REST APIs | Microsoft Azure | Azure Functions | SQL | Azure DevOps | Application Modernization | Public Sector/Government
Candidates with pension/retirement system experience or prior Oklahoma public-sector experience should highlight that experience prominently.
ONLY Two positions are currently available.
LocalPeople LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, business requirements, and applicable law.
Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Can you provide proof of citizenship?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oklahoma City, OK 73115
