Engineering Team Lead - SDLC Tooling

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

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a senior leader to direct the Enterprise Developer Experience and the SDLC platform, guiding a team of engineers and contractors. You will set strategic roadmaps, drive platform governance, and partner across Architecture, Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Application Development to improve developer productivity and secure software delivery.

Responsibilities include leadership in platform adoption, scaling, and modernization, with a focus on reliability, security, and operational

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of combined higher education and/or work experience with 4 years in engineering/architecture and 3 years in leadership.
• Experience leading enterprise platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, and developer tooling.
• Knowledge of GitLab, SonarQube, and software supply chain security.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Lead Engineers, Senior Engineers, and Engineers for Enterprise Developer Experience and SDLC platform services.
• Set priorities, performance expectations, staffing strategies, and succession planning.
• Provide technical direction for enterprise developer platforms and governance.
• Drive architectural guidance for platform designs, upgrades, and modernization.
• Partner with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Application Development teams to improve productivity.
• Lead incident response, RCA, and continuous improvement for developer platforms.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture direction

DevOps practices

Platform engineering

Developer productivity

Strategic roadmaps

Team coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitLab SCM

GitLab CI/CD

GitLab Duo

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory

Mend

IDE ecosystems

Job description

Overview

Responsible for leading and developing a team of engineers responsible for the Enterprise Developer Experience and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) platform. Providestechnical leadership, strategic direction, execution oversight,and peoplemanagement for engineering services that enable software development across the enterprise. Accountable for the reliability, security, scalability, adoption, and continuous improvement of developer platforms including source code management, CI/CD, software quality, software supply chain security, AI-assisted development capabilities, artifact management, and related engineering tooling.

Partners with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and Application Development teams to deliver a modern, secure, and efficient software delivery ecosystem that improves developer productivity and engineering effectiveness.

Primary 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
• JFrogArtifactory
• Mend
• IDE ecosystems and integrations
• Developer portals and self-service platforms
• DevSecOpsand 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. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to senior management.

Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the Company’s values.

Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of audit findings, regulatory requirements, and risk remediation activities.

Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities

Directly manages a team of Lead Engineers, Senior Engineers, Engineers, and contract resources.

Responsible for:

• Hiring and staffing
• Performance management
• Talent development and coaching
• Compensation recommendations
• Resource planning
• Vendor management
• Budget input and forecasting
• Team capacity and work prioritization
• Provides technical leadership and strategic direction across multiple developer platform domains supporting enterprise-wide software engineering organizations.

Education and Experience Required

A combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ engineering and/or architecture experience and 3 years leadership experience

Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams responsible for enterprise platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, developer experience, or software development tooling.

Experience managing complex technology initiatives and cross-functional engineering programs.

Experience providing technical leadership for large-scale developer platforms and software delivery ecosystems.

Education and Experience Preferred

Experience leading Enterprise Developer Experience, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Internal Developer Platform (IDP), or SDLC tooling organizations.

Strong knowledge of GitLab SCM, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Duo, SonarQube,JFrogArtifactory, Mend, and related enterprise engineering platforms.

Experience supporting large-scale software development organizations and enterprise engineering transformations.

Knowledge of platform engineering,DevSecOps, cloud engineering, software supply chain security, and AI-assisted software development practices.

Experience establishing engineering productivity metrics, DORA metrics, service-level objectives, and developer experience measurements.

Strong organizational, leadership, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.

Experience presenting strategy, roadmaps, delivery updates, and investment recommendations to senior technology leadership.

Proven ability to build and retain high-performing engineering teams while driving cultural and technical transformation.

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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States of America