Digital Engineering Senior Manager - M&T Bank

OpenTalent; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking a senior technology leader to direct the Digital Engineering department, shaping cloud-native platform and application engineering at scale, including budgeting across multiple streams and aligning strategy with business goals.

You will oversee career development for teams, serve as primary contact to technology peers and business partners, ensure autonomous delivery with Agile/Kanban, and champion AI-assisted coding to accelerate delivery while improving quality.

Qualifications

• Cloud infrastructure and architecture at scale on Azure, including AKS.
• Service mesh and edge/ingress traffic management with Istio and Envoy.
• Policy-as-code and fine-grained authorization using Open Policy Agent (OPA).
• Relational data platforms, primarily PostgreSQL.
• API Gateway design for internal and external exposure.
• Application development in Java, .NET, and C#.
• Strong grounding in software architecture principles.
• Generative AI and agentic software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Direct and participate in consults with client management to analyze short and long-range business requirements of the largest and/or most complex nature and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements.

Job description

Overview

Manages the activities and strategic direction of the Digital Engineering department, including indirectly managing several diverse types of Technology operations and/or support function teams. Responsible for the budget of multiple cost centers spanning concurrent development streams. Provides long and short-term strategic direction for cloud-native platform and application engineering, with a focus on building and operating systems at scale. Serves as primary contact to Divisional peers, Technology leadership team, Management Group and business partners. Oversees development and career planning for all team members.

Technical Focus Areas

Cloud infrastructure and architecture at scale on Azure , including AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Service mesh and edge/ingress traffic management with Istio and Envoy

Policy-as-code and fine-grained authorization using Open Policy Agent (OPA) Relational data platforms, primarily PostgreSQL

• API Gateway design and management for internal and external service exposure

Application development in Java , .NET , and C#

Strong grounding in software architecture principles — able to evaluate and guide system design trade-offs, not just implementation

Comfortable operating and directing work autonomously, with minimal need for day-to-day oversight

Applying Generative AI and agentic software development practices (e.g. AI-assisted coding, autonomous coding agents) to accelerate delivery and improve engineering quality

Running delivery through Agile and Kanban workflows, tailoring ceremonies and flow metrics to team and program needs

Primary Responsibilities

Direct and participate in consults with client management in the analysis of short and long-range business requirements of the largest and/or most complex nature and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements. Build positive client relationships to support the delivery of these activities.