Manager, Software Engineering Payments

About the position

The Software Engineering Manager for the Payments Platform at Tyler Technologies is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of payment processing solutions tailored for government clients. This role involves coordinating design and development efforts, facilitating technical discussions, and ensuring that the engineering team is aligned with the organization's strategic objectives. The manager will also focus on improving the platform's scalability, reliability, security, and performance while mentoring team members and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure your team(s) have the context they need (e.g., business need, technical, design) to make implementation decisions that align with product and organizational objectives.
• Coach and guide engineers, and testers, in expanding their skills and developing their careers.
• Engage with other Engineering Managers, Principals and Lead Engineers, and Directors in shaping the future of the division's technology choices, engineering principles and architecture, and delivery strategies.
• Deliver best-in-class solutions for payments, collaboration, presentation, and promotion.
• Collaborate in a dynamic environment with a shared sense of responsibility and a strong mission.
• Facilitate technical discussion to remove roadblocks and maintain progress on your team.
• Continuously focus on improving the scalability, reliability, security and performance of the platform while advocating for investment that align with strategic objectives.
• Think strategically and advocate for technical investments that must be considered to achieve business objectives.
• Facilitate technical discussions and build consensus among engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop a point of view on technical matters, and effectively communicate architectural decisions and technical strategies, so that development teams organically align behind a shared vision with an understanding of why everyone should follow the strategies presented.
• Take on new challenges and opportunities and rapidly develop your own skills.
• Work with the cross-functional teams to identify, articulate, and mitigate Product and project issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related scientific, technical or business discipline.
• Minimum of five years job related experience.
• Demonstrated management abilities and effective group facilitation skills.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and recruiting team members.
• Experience developing roadmaps and plans for an engineering team, and coordinating planning and collaborating with product, design, and other engineering groups.
• Ability to take ownership of a product, service or major feature or component and be responsible for its on-time delivery and continued success.
• Professionalism - Ability to ethically communicate effectively in writing and verbally.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits to support health and financial wellness.