Senior Software Engineer - Hybrid Banking Tech Lead

M&T Bank; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking an experienced software engineer to own advanced applications and services in a banking environment. You will design, develop, deploy, and support secure, resilient solutions across the SDLC while ensuring regulatory standards.

Collaborate with architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. The role emphasizes modernization, production readiness, and mentoring engineers to raise technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs with JSON.
• Proficiency in C# and .Net in cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with Azure services and SQL databases.
• Hands-on with CI/CD using GitLab and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical ownership across design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Design secure, resilient solutions across multiple layers and data flows.
• Lead analysis of complex requirements and nonfunctional requirements (availability, security, etc.).
• Mentor engineers and review designs while upholding engineering standards.
• Collaborate with architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Support cloud modernization, migration, and retirement of legacy components.
• Develop monitoring, runbooks, and production-readiness evidence.

Skills

C# / .NET

REST APIs

SQL Server/Azure SQL

Azure Functions

Kubernetes / OpenShift

GitLab / DevOps

Artifact management

Unit / API testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Systems analysis / application development

Tools

GitLab

JFrog Artifactory

SonarQube

Dynatrace

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Application Insights

Job description

M&T Bank is seeking an experienced software engineer to own advanced applications and services in a banking environment. You will design, develop, deploy, and support secure, resilient solutions across the SDLC while ensuring regulatory standards.

Collaborate with architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. The role emphasizes modernization, production readiness, and mentoring engineers to raise technical excellence.