What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at Ohio Legislative Information Systems?
Compensation
Salary Range: $100,000.00 – $120,000.00 annually
Dependent on experience and interview process
Wellness Benefits
At LIS, we strive to offer competitive benefits that support you throughout your career with us so you can plan for today and the future. We offer a comprehensive state benefits package including:
MEDICAL COVERAGE
When you join our team, you’ll experience the flexibility, autonomy, trust and collaboration we believe creates a safe, innovative, and thriving environment. After all, we’ve hired you not only for the skills and experiences you possess today, but also where you’ll grow tomorrow.
You’ll work with full stack technologies as we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the organizations we serve. You will be expected to approach technical decisions pragmatically to ensure the value of the work is top priority. You’ll demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new skills as well as sharing and teaching areas of your expertise. You’ll play an integral role in impacting team culture, practice, and engagement.
Human Skills:
Ohio Legislative Information Systems
Agency Contact Name and Information
karen.burkey@lsc.ohio.gov
Unposting Date
Jun 23, 2026, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Riffe Tower 24
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
$100,000 - $120,000/year, depending on experience
Schedule
Full-time
Work Hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, M-F (core hours)
Classified Indicator
Unclassified
Union
Exempt from Union
Primary Job Skill
Information Technology
Technical Skills
Programming, Information Technology, Software development/implementation
Professional Skills
Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Flexibility, Teamwork, Confidentiality
Primary Technology
Not Applicable
Agency Overview
WHY JOIN LIS?
When you join Legislative Information Systems (LIS), you’ll be a part of a team working to make an impact serving our state by creating and supporting legislative applications and legislative users. We’re continuously modernizing our practices and we’re looking for agents of change. Our team encourages continuous learning and career development for all positions.
OUR MISSION
LIS serves the Ohio General Assembly and legislative agencies by providing operational efficiency, strategic planning, and innovation in a cost-effective manner for the implementation and advancement of technology across the legislature.
Salary Range: $100,000.00 – $120,000.00 annually
Dependent on experience and interview process
Wellness Benefits
At LIS, we strive to offer competitive benefits that support you throughout your career with us so you can plan for today and the future. We offer a comprehensive state benefits package including:
MEDICAL COVERAGE
- Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits
- Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth/Adoption leave
- Disability and bereavement leave
- OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary.
- The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan.
When you join our team, you’ll experience the flexibility, autonomy, trust and collaboration we believe creates a safe, innovative, and thriving environment. After all, we’ve hired you not only for the skills and experiences you possess today, but also where you’ll grow tomorrow.
- Collaborative environment
- Continuous learning education and conference allocation
- Business casual dress code
You’ll work with full stack technologies as we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the organizations we serve. You will be expected to approach technical decisions pragmatically to ensure the value of the work is top priority. You’ll demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new skills as well as sharing and teaching areas of your expertise. You’ll play an integral role in impacting team culture, practice, and engagement.
- Participate in all aspects of the SDLC
- Collaborate with product managers, other engineers, and domain experts to design and develop applications
- Collaborate with network engineers to ensure that the value applications are designed for is achieved
- Create software development documentation
- Contribute to troubleshooting and technical support
- As an experienced engineer of the development team, assign or assist in the allocation of work to team members
- Create and maintain software applications wile modeling industry best practices and standards (i.e., fixing bugs, developing new features, writing tests, code review, etc.)
- Identify root causes of complex issues while communicating the benefits and drawback of different approaches
- Actively contribute to empowerment of the team (e.g., Mentor less experienced team members, spread internal system knowledge, assist team members in delivering solutions as needed, etc.)
Human Skills:
- Strong communication skills - written, verbal, listening and questioning
- Ability to convey ideas from analysis to synthesis
- Problem Solver – focuses on the underlying issue, rather than just executing a task focuses on the underlying issue
- Self-starter, initiative, drive, willingness to engage in improving the team
- Continuous learning mindset
- Collaborative
- Knowledge of object oriented languages and/or relational database design
- Degree in technology or equivalent education and related work experience
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn new technologies and receive guidance from senior team members
- Experience with modern programming languages (java, python, ruby, javascript), CSS, HTML, source control software (GIT), and configuration management practices
- Knowledge of Django, vue, postgres, React, and spring boot
- Proficient in writing unit tests (Junit/Pytest/Jest)
- Knowledge of a key-value store technology (Redis)
- Knowledge of CI pipelines (GitLab CI or similar)
- Knowledge of Docker
Ohio Legislative Information Systems
Agency Contact Name and Information
karen.burkey@lsc.ohio.gov
Unposting Date
Jun 23, 2026, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Riffe Tower 24
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
$100,000 - $120,000/year, depending on experience
Schedule
Full-time
Work Hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, M-F (core hours)
Classified Indicator
Unclassified
Union
Exempt from Union
Primary Job Skill
Information Technology
Technical Skills
Programming, Information Technology, Software development/implementation
Professional Skills
Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Flexibility, Teamwork, Confidentiality
Primary Technology
Not Applicable
Agency Overview
WHY JOIN LIS?
When you join Legislative Information Systems (LIS), you’ll be a part of a team working to make an impact serving our state by creating and supporting legislative applications and legislative users. We’re continuously modernizing our practices and we’re looking for agents of change. Our team encourages continuous learning and career development for all positions.
OUR MISSION
LIS serves the Ohio General Assembly and legislative agencies by providing operational efficiency, strategic planning, and innovation in a cost-effective manner for the implementation and advancement of technology across the legislature.
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000