Senior Software Engineer - Development Enablement

Job title: Senior Software Engineer - Development Enablement

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Development Enablement team, you will provide technical guidance, establish development standards, and lead the adoption of best practices and AI-enabled development across engineering teams. You will mentor engineers, define roadmaps, and help ensure delivery of secure, scalable software for Tyler's public sector solutions.

What You'll Do

• Define and establish technical standards from architectural guidelines

• Build scalable, maintainable software systems

• Drive adoption of emerging technologies, selected by leads

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers

• Participate in hiring processes and technical interviews

• Collaborate with leadership on technical roadmaps

• Represent technical perspectives in strategic planning

• Establish code quality standards and technical debt management within the team

• Create technical documentation and knowledge-sharing resources

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Identify opportunities to leverage Agentic AI to improve developer productivity, streamline engineering workflows, and enhance software quality

• Guide engineering teams in the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development practices and tooling

• Evaluate and implement AI-driven solutions that support development enablement, automation, and operational efficiency

• Establish best practices for integrating Agentic AI into the software development lifecycle

• What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating expert-level programming competency and proven technical leadership capability

• Typically 5+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated progression to technical leadership roles

• Proven track record of leading complex technical projects

• Experience with large-scale system design and production system management

• History of contributing to technical decision-making and establishing best practices

• Technologies: Proficiency with C#, Angular, SQL, Linux, git, Docker, and AWS; or similar

• Advanced Programming: Expert-level proficiency in multiple languages with deep ecosystem knowledge

• System Architecture: Extensive experience with scalable, distributed systems and cloud-native patterns

• DevOps & Infrastructure: Advanced CI/CD, containerization, orchestration, infrastructure as code

• Performance & Scale: Application tuning, database optimization, caching, system scaling

• Security & Quality: Deep understanding of secure development practices and quality assurance methodologies

• Emerging Technologies: Active knowledge of industry trends and innovative practices

• Technical Leadership: Proven ability to influence technical decisions and establish technical vision

• Mentoring Excellence: Strong coaching skills with track record of developing engineers

• Excellent Communication: Exceptional skills for technical documentation, presentations, cross-functional collaboration

• Strategic Thinking: Balance technical considerations with business objectives

• Change Leadership: Experience driving organizational change and technology adoption

• Advanced Problem Solving: Complex technical and organizational challenge resolution

• Agentic AI: Experience leveraging and creating AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to improve engineering efficiency, accelerate delivery, and support software quality initiatives

• AI Governance & Enablement: Understanding of responsible AI adoption practices, including security, compliance, data privacy, and human oversight within engineering workflows

• Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $66,585 - $110,000 USD per year before geographic adjustments

• Benefits and well-being programs supporting health and financial wellness

• Great Place to Work recognition and opportunities for growth