Lead Software Engineer

Job summary

Responsible at the expert level for writing code and leading the 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 coaching and mentoring other engineers.

Qualifications

• gathering.
• This role requires deep expertise in modern application development, architecture, authentication and authorization frameworks, and front-end and back-end
• and solution designs in partnership with delivery teams to ensure completeness, feasibility, and alignment with business objectives.
• Champion modern software engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure automation, and observability.
• Utilize and promote best practices related to development
• and solution recommendations to support application delivery and ongoing maintenance efforts.
• Effectively communicate architecture, technical progress, risks, and challenges to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute ideas and recommendations to application architecture, engineering standards, and technology strategy; present recommendations to architecture peer groups and review boards.
• Present team initiatives and technical solutions at internal forums and contribute thought leadership through documentation and knowledge-sharing activities.
• 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*** brand.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve application designs, technical proposals, and pull requests while overseeing execution through the change management process.
• Design and lead peer review processes while coaching engineers on code quality, coding standards, and continuous improvement.
• Author organized, clean, efficient, and secure source code at an expert level while promoting appropriate use of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Serve as a technical leader in the design and development of enterprise applications utilizing C#, JavaScript, Angular, and other modern development
• as assigned.
• SCOPE OF
• SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL
• No direct supervisory
• Provides technical leadership, mentoring, coaching, and guidance to development teams.
• 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.

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