Software Development Engineer - Socrata Solutions

Tyler Technologies; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyler Technologies in Portland, OR is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join a team building cloud software (platform, apps, and ecosystem) that accelerates government data access for citizens, developers, businesses and researchers.

The role involves shipping features, maintaining a distributed AWS‑based cloud platform, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with peers to design scalable solutions across languages such as Scala, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, and Python.

Qualifications

• Experience writing scalable, robust, well‑tested code.
• Proficiency in statically typed languages (Scala/Elixir/Java/Go/C++).
• Solid HTML/CSS/JavaScript experience with modern frameworks.
• Experience with React/ES2016, Redux, jQuery, TypeScript, Rails.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (Mocha/Chai/Jest/RSpec).
• Track record shipping software amid ambiguity.
• Experience with databases including Postgres and NoSQL, Elasticsearch, AWS.
• Ability to work across multiple languages in a heterogeneous stack.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high‑quality customer‑facing features.
• Maintain and improve a distributed cloud platform running on AWS.
• Mentor other engineers and share knowledge.
• Collaborate with developers, engineering management, and product owners to design solutions.

Skills

Scalable code

Statically typed languages

HTML/CSS/JS

React/Redux/TypeScript

Testing frameworks

Distributed systems

Databases (Postgres/NoSQL)

Multi-language stack

Problem solving

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

NoSQL databases

Ruby on Rails

React

Redux

JQuery

Typescript

Mocha/Jest/RSpec

Job description

We are looking for a remarkable Software Development Engineer to join us! We've built a team of not just the best engineers, but some really awesome humans as well. This team builds cloud software (platform + apps + ecosystem) to accelerate the flow of government data into the hands of citizens, developers, businesses and researchers. With our Socrata solutions, we impact society by enabling governments of all sizes to employ data‑driven leadership.

This means a few things:

• We are solving some pretty cool data access problems (ex. how do you extract, host and visualize every taxi ride in NYC so that any resident, anywhere can access it?).
• What we do matters. New York, Seattle, San Francisco and 300+ other cities, states and counties use us to connect citizens with information that matters to their day‑to‑day life.

Software Engineers here work in teams of 4-8 devs to build scalable, distributed systems for some of the most important data on the planet. We're looking for people who are comfortable diving deep into development, learning from others, and sharing their ideas.

Visa Sponsorship: At this time, it is unlikely that we will be able to provide sponsorships for visas for this position.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high‑quality customer‑facing features.
• Maintain and improve a distributed cloud platform running on AWS.
• Play an active role in mentoring other engineers.
• Collaborate with other devs, engineering management, and product owners to design and architect solutions to our business problems.

Qualifications

• We would love to talk to you if you…
• Care about scalable, robust, well‑tested code.
• Have experience with at least one statically typed language like Scala, Elixir, Java, Go or C++.
• Have significant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience.
• We are currently using React/ES2016 supported by Redux, jQuery, Typescript and Ruby on Rails.
• Have experience with testing frameworks like Mocha, Chai, Jest, RSpec or similar tools.
• Show a strong track record of shipping software in the face of ambiguity.
• Have and enjoy sharing your great sense of humor.
• Demonstrate experience in owning all aspects of a system lifecycle, from proper design, testing, deployment, metrics and monitoring.
• Share our passion for our clients' success (no really, we mean it).
• Have experience exploring, or ideally working with, database technologies including relational databases (we use Postgres) and NoSQL stores. Bonus points for experience with technologies like Elasticsearch and AWS.
• Are comfortable working in a heterogeneous development environment where you'll be working with multiple development languages and technologies. This team owns significant portions of Scala, Ruby, and JavaScript code, as well as periodically touching Python, Elixir and other languages.
• You solve the problem, not the symptoms.

Please apply if you share our beliefs that:

• It's healthy to laugh at yourself.
• Hard work is necessary. Smart work and long hours can be appropriate, but are not a way of life.
• There are no experts, just people who are building expertise.
• Buzz words like "think‑piece, charette or cross‑functional synergy" have no place in an engineering team.
• You make the most progress as a team, and teams aren't built out of people who want to shout the loudest.
• Owning a software platform is like owning any other complex system (a house, a business, insert favorite metaphor here), it requires observation and maintenance as well as new construction.

About Us

Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) provides integrated software and technology services to the public sector. Tyler's end‑to‑end solutions empower local, state, and federal government entities to operate more efficiently and connect more transparently with their constituents and with each other. By connecting data and processes across disparate systems, Tyler's solutions are transforming how clients gain actionable insights that solve problems in their communities. Tyler has more than 26,000 successful installations across more than 10,000 sites, with clients in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and other international locations. A financially strong company, Tyler has achieved double‑digit revenue growth every quarter since 2012. It was also named to Forbes' "Best Midsize Employers" list in 2019 and recognized twice on its "Most Innovative Growth Companies" list. More information about Tyler Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, can be found at tylertech.com. To learn more about our Socrata solutions, visit tylertech.com/products/socrata.

Additionally, we aspire to be remarkable: in the culture we create, the products we build, and the services we deliver. We believe a diverse team that embodies different backgrounds and experiences is necessary for us to be the best we can be. Within the company, we pursue a culture of inclusivity by identifying and removing aspects of our culture that stop people from being able to do the best work of their lives in physical and emotional safety, while being their authentic selves. We seek diversity, equity, and inclusion across our organization and in our daily work as individuals.

We understand change takes time and that we still have work to do; however, we are committed to making continual progress.