Software Architect

Job title: Software Architect

About the Role

Tyler Technologies is seeking a Software Architect to shape the technical future of Enforcement Mobile, a platform used for citation management and crash reporting by public safety agencies. This high-impact, non-managerial leadership role focuses on architecture, technical strategy, and guiding engineering teams toward a modern, cloud-native, event-driven AWS architecture while balancing near-term product needs with long-term platform health.

What You'll Do

• Define and guide architectural strategy for Enforcement Mobile as the platform evolves toward cloud-native, event-driven architecture.

• Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior engineers to align technical decisions with customer needs and business priorities.

• Evaluate system design tradeoffs across scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and user experience.

• Provide technical leadership for modernization initiatives, helping teams make incremental improvements while continuing to deliver customer value.

• Design and review architecture for complex features, services, integrations, and platform capabilities.

• Mentor engineers by asking thoughtful questions, challenging assumptions, and fostering strong technical judgment across the team.

• Establish and promote engineering standards, patterns, and practices that improve quality and consistency across the codebase.

• Guide adoption of modern engineering practices, including automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and operational readiness.

• Partner with teams to leverage AI-assisted development practices and evaluate opportunities for AI-enabled product capabilities.

• Communicate architectural recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and delivering production software systems.

• Strong technical foundation in .NET/C# and experience working with established systems and modernization efforts.

• Experience designing or evolving systems toward event-driven and distributed architectures.

• Experience building or operating systems in AWS and applying cloud-native design principles.

• Experience designing RESTful APIs, service integrations, and scalable backend systems.

• Strong understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and system performance considerations.

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, and secure development.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, containerization, or cloud deployment patterns.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and clearly communicate technical tradeoffs.

• Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction without relying on direct authority.

• Experience using AI tools to improve engineering workflows, quality, and outcomes.

• Must be able to pass a fingerprint background check in accordance with CJIS requirements.

• Nice to Have

• Experience leading platform modernization or incremental migration efforts across production systems.

• Experience with mobile applications across iOS, Android, or Windows platforms.

• Experience with cross-platform mobile development approaches.

• Experience with modern front-end development frameworks such as Angular, React, or similar.

• Experience working in public sector, public safety, or regulated environments.

• Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive benefits package; salary range not disclosed.

• Additional details available during the interview process.