Software Engineering Manager, Priority Based Budgeting

Description

Tyler Technologies is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join the Priority Based Budgeting engineering organization.

You will lead a team of software engineers responsible for evolving Tyler's Priority Based Budgeting platform, helping local governments and public sector organizations make data-driven budgeting decisions that directly impact their communities.

This role includes leadership responsibility for engineering resources across multiple geographic locations, requiring strong communication, coordination, and team-building skills.

You will partner closely with product management, architecture, and peer engineering teams to deliver high-quality software that serves Priority Based Budgeting customers across the country. If you are a technically grounded leader who thrives on developing talent, driving continuous improvement, and shipping reliable software at scale, we want to hear from you.

Hybrid Work Policy: This position requires the candidate to be in the Yarmouth, ME office at least 3 days a week. 

Please note: We are not considering candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving the Priority Based Budgeting platform on a modern AWS-native architecture.
• Build and maintain a cohesive engineering culture across distributed teams by promoting communication, trust, accountability, and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Partner with product management, architecture, platform operations, and support to align development priorities with business goals and customer outcomes.
• Coach, mentor, and develop engineers through regular one-on-ones, performance evaluations, and career growth planning; foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.
• Drive adoption of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices to improve delivery velocity, quality, and operational reliability across the software development lifecycle.
• Balance roadmap execution with operational escalations; work with engineering peers to prioritize effectively and protect team capacity without sacrificing responsiveness to production issues.
• Establish accountability for application reliability, security, performance, and operational excellence, ensuring teams proactively monitor and improve service health.
• Encourage adoption of modern software engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools, automation, observability, and cloud-native architectures.
• Define and track engineering metrics and KPIs related to delivery predictability, quality, reliability, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction; leverage data to identify trends, remove bottlenecks, and improve team performance.
• Contribute to the evolution of Priority Based Budgeting products and underlying platforms, including cloud modernization efforts.
• Champion process improvement initiatives across the team, including tooling enhancements, internal education programs, and engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required.
• Experience leading software engineering teams, including coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers, with a demonstrated ability to deliver complex software projects and foster high-performing teams.
• Hands-on software engineering background with experience designing, building, and operating large-scale web applications.  Ability to lead and contribute to technical discussions, architectural reviews, and engineering decision-making while empowering engineers and technical leads to drive implementation; familiarity with .NET, JavaScript, SQL Server, and AWS services is a plus.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD pipeline design and operation.
• Experience working within an Agile framework (Scrum or similar) and solid familiarity with SDLC principles and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to make sound, timely decisions and navigate complex organizational and technical challenges.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience managing geographically distributed software engineering teams.