Engineering Manager - Priority Based Budgeting Platform

Tyler Technologies, Inc.; Yarmouth, Renton (ME, WA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyler Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join the Priority Based Budgeting engineering organization and lead a distributed team of software engineers.

You will oversee modernization and development of the Priority Based Budgeting platform with a modern AWS-native architecture, collaborate with product, architecture and platform operations, and ensure reliable software delivery.

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.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Communication

Decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

AWS

DevOps tooling

Job description

Tyler Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join the Priority Based Budgeting engineering organization and lead a distributed team of software engineers.

You will oversee modernization and development of the Priority Based Budgeting platform with a modern AWS-native architecture, collaborate with product, architecture and platform operations, and ensure reliable software delivery.