Lead Software Engineer – Java, MS SQL
M&T Bank
About the role
This role is four days onsite, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week M&T Work Model - 4 Days In-Office | 1 Day Work From Home
The Bank sponsors individuals for TN and H-1B transfers on a case by case basis. Please note that this position is not open to anyone on an F-1 student visa including those eligible for CPT/OPT or the Stem OPT extension.
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.
Write and migrate code from .NET to Java, including Java Cucumber test automation.
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.
Tech Stack:
Technology stack: Java, Spring Boot, Cucumber, Playwright (test automation), and Git.
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.
Java development experience, including transitioning and rewriting applications from .NET to Java
MS SQL experience
Git source control experience
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
Nice to have: BI dashboards experience
Nice to have: Dynatrace
Nice to have: Red Hat Ansible (automation)
Nice to have: Familiarity with ServiceNow for tracking production support
We support our team members with generous benefits.
Competitive compensation
Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
401(k) match at 5%
Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements
Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays
40 hours paid volunteer hours per year
Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview
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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
Responsibilities
- Develop and review clean, secure, resilient software, including migrating applications from .NET to Java.
- Coach team members on coding practices, code reviews, testing, and software design.
- Oversee pull request approvals, source control, code merges, and production deployment readiness.
- Drive performance, resiliency, optimization, and testing practices.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders on requirements, architecture, and delivery.
- Identify risks and follow banking technology, regulatory, and internal control standards.
Qualifications
- Associate degree and at least 7 years of systems analysis or application development experience, or bachelor's degree and at least 5 years; alternatively, 9 years of combined education and relevant experience, including at least 5 years in systems analysis or application development.
- Java development experience, including rewriting or transitioning applications from .NET to Java.
- Experience with MS SQL and Git source control.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, lead initiatives, manage complex projects, and partner with stakeholders.
Benefits
- Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
- 401(k) match of 5%
- 25 days of PTO plus 12 paid holidays for Banking Officers
- 40 hours of paid volunteer time annually
- Flexible work arrangements
Skills mentioned
About M&T Bank
Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T Bank, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY we are now a top 11 full-service US-based commercial bank with a retail footprint across the east coast and wealth services available nationwide and abroad. As a bank, we offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum that combines M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. We are a community-minded organization with more than 170 years of experience. We serve customers, community, and colleagues whether they be across the street, across the state or across the country. As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values drive the work we do – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, candor and we seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members. M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for M&T Bank. The employer record includes 532 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.