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Lead Software Engineer

Tyler Technologies Inc

  • Lakewood, CO
  • 6 days ago

    Highlights

    Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to deliver high-quality software solutions. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating expert-level programming and technical leadership.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationLakewood, CO
    IndustryAccounting and Auditing Services
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded1966

    Description

    Description

    As a Lead Software Engineer, you are responsible for leading development, maintenance and enhancement of business applications. Guide project teams within an assigned business unit or corporate department and utilize various technology platforms. You will collaborate with business partners, and other technical staff to identify user requirements, assess available technologies, and recommend solution options. A majority of your time will be spent hands on in the code base designing and developing features. This role includes several direct reports, a combination of early career, mid-level and senior engineers, where you will mentor, coach and own their performance and growth.

    Responsibilities

    • Build applications and infrastructure for the ERP Pro Tyler product suite
    • Full Stack Development: Develop and maintain web applications using, the Microsoft .NET framework, including both front-end and back-end components.
    • Front-End Development: Design and implement responsive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks - Angular
    • Back-End Development: Build and optimize server-side components, APIs, and databases using C#, ASP.NET, MVC and MySQL.
    • System Integration: Collaborate with other developers and teams to integrate third-party APIs and services into our applications.
    • Infrastructure & Architecture: Own and implement large system design decisions
    • Code Quality: Write clean, well-structured, and maintainable code while following best practices and coding standards. Set and teach these standards for the entire team
    • Testing and Debugging: Perform unit testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure the reliability and performance of applications.
    • Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and optimize applications for speed and scalability.
    • Security: Implement security best practices and ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.
    • Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to deliver high-quality software solutions.
    • As lead, responsible for mentoring junior team members
    • Be the technical voice for the team and product

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating expert-level programming and technical leadership.
    • 5+ years of professional software development with clear progression into technical leadership roles.
    • Proficient in C# and .NET 10+; strong software engineering fundamentals.
    • Front-end experience with HTML and JavaScript/TypeScript; hands-on with Angular (or a similar modern framework).
    • Expertise with MySQL/SQL and relational database design and optimization.
    • Solid understanding of RESTful API design and integration.
    • Comfortable working in Linux; strong with Git and Docker.
    • Experience with microservices.
    • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects, influence technical decisions, and mentor and grow engineers.
    • Strong ownership, ability to prioritize and deliver to deadlines, and effective collaboration with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners.
    • Clear written and verbal communication skills.

    Preferred

    • System architecture: designing scalable, distributed systems and cloud-native patterns.
    • Cloud: production experience with AWS (or Azure/GCP), including monitoring/observability and managing live environments.
    • DevOps & infrastructure: CI/CD, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation).
    • Performance & scale: application profiling/tuning, database optimization, caching strategies, and capacity planning.
    • Security & quality: secure development practices, code reviews, and quality assurance.
    • Continuous learning: stays current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
    • Problem-solving: track record of resolving complex technical and organizational challenges

    About Company

    Founded in 1966 and based in Plano, Texas, Tyler Technologies is the largest national provider of integrated software systems and information technology services exclusively focused on the public sector. Simply put — Tyler empowers people who serve the public.

    We devote all of our time, energy and resources to help local governments and school districts become more efficient, accessible and responsive. At more than 11,000 local government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other international locations, our clients can attest to our ability to fulfill this promise.

    Tyler delivers an expansive portfolio of software and service solutions designed to automate mission-critical public sector operations, including:

    State & Local Government Solutions
    • ERP | Financial
    • Courts & Justice
    • Appraisal & Tax
    • Records & Documents
    • Planning, Permitting & Licensing
    • Public Safety
    School Solutions
    • Student Management
    • Financial
    Our commitment goes well beyond delivering solutions that work for our public sector clients. It’s also about consistently delivering value for our employees and shareholders.

    Working With Us
    Working at Tyler means you are part of a vibrant community of professionals who care about their clients as much as they care about each other. We work closely, sharing knowledge and inspiring each other to learn and grow so that we can continually improve service to our clients. When you work at Tyler, you receive benefits that support your health and well-being. Our comprehensive offering was created to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of our staff.

    Tyler Technologies is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, gender/sex, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

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