Software Engineering Manager, Priority Based Budgeting

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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.

Work with our innovative software solutions that help local government and school districts centralize data and connect their organizations. By working to develop and support our financial management solutions, you can help integrate our solutions with human resources, revenue management, tax billing, and asset management.

• 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.