Manager, Software Engineering

Description

The Tyler Alabama State Enterprise team is seeking a full-time Manager of Software Engineering to complement our team in Montgomery, Alabama.

Tyler Alabama helps Alabama government entities Web-enable their information services. Our electronic government solutions use technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs for governments and their constituents.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated candidate who thrives in a fast-paced environment to join our team as a development team manager. This position will be responsible for the implementation of new leading-edge Web/mobile/e-commerce applications. The selected candidate will be part of a highly versatile and talented team of account managers, developers and designers and will be responsible for translating complex business requirements into functional web-based applications throughout all stages of the SDLC.

The best qualified candidates will have at least 5 years of real-world enterprise application development and architecture experience. Strong communication and writing skills are a must have. A strong work ethic, great attitude, and dedication to success are expected. Our team members are self-motivated professionals who enjoy the challenge of creating complex and efficient solutions in a high-pressure, client-services entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Developers
• Provides ongoing, direct supervision to team members' individual performance as well as performing annual staff reviews
• Develop the technical aptitude of your development team by providing hands-on coaching and mentoring
• Build and maintain professional relationships with the Account Managers and State Agencies to plan and execute software projects, enhancements and maintenance activities
• Owner of the health and success of the projects maintained by the assigned team
• Functions as the technical point of contact for our partners
• Responsible and accountable for application architecture, development and maintenance of systems and software for the assigned team while collaborating directly with the Director of Technology and your peers.
• Provides technical write-ups and presentations to partners and management, as appropriate
• Responsible for ensuring technical documentation is created and maintained
• Contributes to and adheres to standard operating procedures
• Ensures application meets all security requirements and is an active participant in security testing and remediation
• Identifies potential development issues that impact the project or business and escalates to the Director of Technology and Account Manager as appropriate
• Evaluate opportunities for technical advancement of product architecture
• Ensure that development teams have appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver products effectively establishing accurate estimates for timelines while ensuring that projects remain on target to meet deadlines
• Lead planning and sequencing of the execution of developer's work
• Contribute to annual business and budget planning
• Design and implementation of web-based applications, APIs and other services using various technologies (Java, NodeJS, ReactJS, creating and consuming APIs, etc.) and open standards technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc.) for both traditional browsers and mobile devices.
• AWS cloud experience is a plus (DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Cloudfront, Route53, etc)
• Plan, review, and perform analysis, design, coding and implementation of simple to more complex internet and e-commerce applications using efficient tools and methodologies.
• Maintain confidentiality and security throughout entire work cycle.
• Investigate operational or systematic problems and user queries as required
• Collaborate with other Managers to keep Tyler Alabama current and teams informed as well as contribute to shared code libraries.
• Ensure development quality and testing procedures are in place and enforced within the team.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in developing web applications with a strong knowledge of java and javascript
• Experience in a senior engineer, team lead or similar role (title notwithstanding) where the candidate showed an ability to coach and mentor teammates to success.
• Home office setup with the necessary bandwidth and peripherals to efficiently work remotely as well as the availability to work in office and attend partner meetings on occasion.
• Knowledge of database design methods and techniques
• Experience working with Git, GitHub
• Experience building secure web applications - user authentication, role-based access control, n-tier architecture, data encryption, input validation techniques
• Able to manage concurrent high priority projects
• Good communication skills, as well as strong problem-solving abilities and an aptitude for learning new technologies
• Knowledge of security methods and procedures
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-motivated and creative