Software Architect
Tyler TechnologiesResponsibilities
- Define and guide the platform’s architectural strategy toward cloud-native and event-driven architecture.
- Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior engineers to align technical decisions with customer and business priorities.
- Evaluate tradeoffs involving scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and user experience.
- Provide technical leadership for modernization initiatives and incremental migration efforts.
- Design and review architecture for complex features, services, integrations, and platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical judgment across the team without relying on direct authority.
- Establish engineering standards, patterns, and practices that improve quality and consistency.
- Guide adoption of automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and operational readiness.
- Partner with teams on AI-assisted development practices and potential AI-enabled product capabilities.
- Communicate architectural recommendations and technical tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Successfully complete a fingerprint background check in accordance with CJIS requirements.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and delivering production software systems.
- Strong technical foundation in .NET and C# and experience with established systems and modernization efforts.
- Experience designing or evolving event-driven and distributed architectures.
- Experience building or operating systems in AWS using cloud-native design principles.
- Experience designing APIs, service integrations, and scalable backend systems.
- Strong understanding of relational databases, data modeling, system performance, automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and secure development.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, containerization, or cloud deployment patterns.
- Ability to make decisions amid ambiguity and clearly communicate technical tradeoffs.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction without direct authority.
- Experience using AI tools to improve engineering workflows, quality, and outcomes.
- Preferred experience leading platform modernization or incremental production migrations.
- Preferred experience with iOS, Android, Windows, cross-platform mobile development, Angular, React, public-sector systems, public safety, or regulated environments.
Benefits
- Primarily in-office work with hybrid flexibility and an expectation of at least three days per week in the office.
- Fingerprint background check required in accordance with CJIS requirements.
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About Tyler Technologies
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 efficiently and transparently with residents and each other. By connecting data and processes across disparate systems, Tyler’s solutions transform how clients gain actionable insights into opportunities and solutions for their communities. Tyler has more than 40,000 successful installations across nearly 13,000 locations, with clients in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and other international locations. Tyler has been recognized numerous times for growth and innovation, including Government Technology’s GovTech 100 list. More information about Tyler Technologies, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Plano, Texas, can be found at tylertech.com.