Director of Enterprise Developer Experience & Platform

M&T Bank; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the Enterprise Developer Experience and SDLC platform, providing technical direction, strategic roadmaps, and execution oversight for developer tooling across the enterprise.

You will lead a team of engineers, establish priorities, and partner with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and Application Development teams to deliver a modern, secure software delivery ecosystem that enhances developer productivity and

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years combined education and/or work experience.
• At least 4 years engineering and/or architecture experience.
• 3 years leadership experience.
• Experience leading enterprise developer platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, or SDLC tooling organizations.
• Knowledge of GitLab SCM, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Duo, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, Mend, and related platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and manage a team of Lead Engineers, Senior Engineers, Engineers, and contract resources responsible for Enterprise Developer Experience and SDLC platform services.
• Establish team priorities, objectives, performance expectations, career development plans, staffing strategies, and succession planning activities.
• Provide technical direction and oversight for enterprise developer platforms including: GitLab SCM, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Duo and AI-assisted development capabilities, GitLab governance and platform administration, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, Mend, IDE ecosystems and integrations, developer portals and self-service platforms, DevSecOps and software supply chain security tooling, engineering productivity and developer experience solutions.
• Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for Enterprise Developer Experience capabilities aligned with organizational technology objectives.
• Drive adoption of enterprise standards, patterns, and best practices for source control, code review, CI/CD, testing automation, software quality, software supply chain security, and release management.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for platform designs, integrations, upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Oversee platform engineering activities that improve developer productivity, reduce delivery friction, standardize engineering practices, and accelerate software delivery outcomes.
• Partner with enterprise architecture and engineering teams to define long-term platform strategies and technology investment priorities.
• Ensure platform resiliency, scalability, availability, observability, supportability, and operational excellence through effective engineering and operational practices.
• Establish and monitor service-level objectives, operational metrics, platform health indicators, and developer experience measurements.
• Drive platform governance, risk management, compliance, audit readiness, and security remediation activities in partnership with Cybersecurity and Risk functions.
• Manage vendor relationships, product roadmaps, licensing, renewals, support agreements, and technology evaluations.
• Review and approve major platform changes, implementation plans, enhancement requests, operational procedures, and technology recommendations.
• Lead incident response, problem management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts related to developer platform services.
• Provide executive and senior leadership updates regarding platform performance, engineering productivity metrics, strategic initiatives, investment opportunities, risks, and delivery progress.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, continuous learning, innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives spanning organizational boundaries where technology, process, or platform opportunities are identified.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering leadership

Platform engineering

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

GitLab SCM

GitLab CI/CD

GitLab Duo

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory

Mend

Job description

M&T Bank is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the Enterprise Developer Experience and SDLC platform, providing technical direction, strategic roadmaps, and execution oversight for developer tooling across the enterprise.

You will lead a team of engineers, establish priorities, and partner with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and Application Development teams to deliver a modern, secure software delivery ecosystem that enhances developer productivity and