Lead Software Engineer

Tyler Technologies is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to help build and evolve mission-critical, cloud-hosted public safety solutions used by first responders across the United States. This role combines hands-on software development with technical leadership, helping guide teams building scalable, highly available services that support real-time communication in the field. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a key role in technical decision-making while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day development. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, and architects to deliver reliable, high-quality software that makes a real impact in our communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of modern .NET Core-based services and APIs.
• Serve as the technical leader for a development team, guiding architecture, design decisions, and best practices.
• Remain hands-on with coding, contributing significantly to implementation, debugging, and optimization.
• Build and maintain cloud-native solutions in AWS, focusing on scalability, availability, and security.
• Ensure high standards for code quality, testing, performance, and operational reliability.
• Mentor and support engineers, fostering technical growth and consistent engineering practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Participate across the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment and support.
• Promote continuous improvement in tools, processes, and engineering standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of experience designing and developing production software systems.
• Strong expertise in C# and .NET Core.
• Experience designing distributed, highly available, and scalable systems.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or similar; ability to design schemas and write performant queries.
• Experience with NoSQL data stores (e.g., DynamoDB or similar) is a plus.
• Experience with Agile development practices and automated testing.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor engineers effectively.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams and disciplines.
• Required: Hands-on experience building, containerizing, and deploying applications in AWS, including production use of services such as EC2, container platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker; orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) strongly preferred.