Lead Software Engineer

mtb; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank in Buffalo, NY seeks an expert-level software engineer to write high-quality, secure code and drive technical requirements within the SDLC. The role emphasizes stability, resiliency, and coaching. The position requires deep programming knowledge and leadership to guide a development team.

You will review designs, oversee change management, and mentor others on coding practices, data structures, and algorithms while coordinating with stakeholders across the bank.

Qualifications

• Expert proficiency in at least one programming language and professional proficiency in a second language.
• 7+ years of systems analysis and/or application development experience with a degree.
• Experience aligning with SDLC standards and coaching others on best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coach team members while delivering independent work within approved SDLC processes.
• Review designs and pull requests; oversee change management execution.
• Design processes for peer review and coach on code quality and improvements.
• Author clean, secure source code in at least one language and guide others on data structures and algorithms.
• Oversee source control and merge code to production deployment paths.
• Review testing methodology and code coverage to ensure comprehensive testing.
• Drive adherence to patterns for performance, resiliency, and optimization.
• Review and approve requirement plans with delivery partners; ensure feasibility.
• Collaborate with other groups to identify continuous process improvements.
• Communicate architecture, progress, and challenges to stakeholders.

Skills

Programming languages

Code reviews

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Responsible at the expert level for writing code and the overall team's technical requirements gathering. Completes work following banking technology standards and contributes to the overall stability and resiliency of banking technology within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) while also coaching others.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and coach other team members while also working independently on the applications within the boundaries of approved Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, including identification and recommendation of metrics to solve business needs and minimize risks to the Bank through clean and resilient code.
• Review and approve the designs and proposals of pull requests and oversee the execution on the change management of the request.
• Design process for peer review and coach others on code reviews, code quality, and improvements.
• Author organized, clean, efficient, and secure source code at the expert level in a minimum of one programming language and moderate proficiency in a minimum of one other language while coaching team members on the appropriate data structure and algorithms to solve business problems.
• Oversee the source control management inclusions of other team members and perform the merging of code developments into the production deployment path.
• Review testing methodology and code coverage of team members to ensure comprehensive testing is accomplished and coach others on areas of opportunity.
• Drive implementation adherence with patterns and practices for performance testing, resiliency, and optimization within their domain.
• Review, and approve requirement plans on behalf of the team in alignment with delivery partners and ensure requirement completeness, accuracy, and feasibility.
• Serve as key partner with other groups; suggest continuous process improvement spanning organizational boundaries where, in their own judgement, technical or architectural concerns require it.
• Contribute technical requirements where appropriate in support of delivery and maintenance solutions within their domain.
• Understand and effectively communicates architecture, progress, and challenges to business or technical stakeholders and teams.
• Contribute ideas and recommendations to the team's application architectural design work, engineering practices and pattern changes, and present at architecture peer group and architecture review board meetings within their domain.
• Present team's work at internal meetings with other peers and author internal blog posts.
• 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 management.
• Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: No supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience Required

• Associate's degree and a minimum of 7 years' systems analysis and/or application development work experience or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years' systems analysis and/or application development work experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 year's education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 5 years' system analysis and/or application development work experience.
• Expert proficiency in a minimum of 1 relevant programming language and professional proficiency in a minimum of 1 additional relevant programming language.

Education and Experience Preferred

• Expert analytical skills specific to application development
• Experience working in a team environment
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to multitask on multiple complex projects
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong time management skills
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Experience driving project milestones and delivery dates
• Proven experience leading a project or initiative
• Experience partnering with and presenting to multiple stakeholders within technology and business departments

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