Hybrid Software Engineering Manager - Public Sector Platform

Tyler-Technologies-29572f8; Yarmouth (ME); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyler Technologies is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join the Priority Based Budgeting engineering organization in the United States. You will lead a team of software engineers responsible for evolving the Priority Based Budgeting platform, helping public sector organizations make data-driven budgeting decisions.

This role requires leadership across multiple geographic locations, strong communication, coordination, and team-building skills, and a commitment to delivering

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex projects.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and modern software delivery practices.
• 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.
• 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

Leadership

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Communication

SDLC

Distributed teams

Decision making

Coaching & mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Tyler Technologies is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join the Priority Based Budgeting engineering organization in the United States. You will lead a team of software engineers responsible for evolving the Priority Based Budgeting platform, helping public sector organizations make data-driven budgeting decisions.

This role requires leadership across multiple geographic locations, strong communication, coordination, and team-building skills, and a commitment to delivering