Lead Software Engineer - Java / API

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.

• 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.

• Minimum of an Associate’s degree and 6 years’ systems analysis/application development experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 6 years’ systems analysis/application development experience

• Capable of working on multiple projects of a complex nature

• Proven track record of leading technical teams

• Proficiency in RESTful API development and support

• Solid understanding of best practices around API security

• Expert proficiency in programming Java, Spring Boot and automation.

• Testing automation experience with JUnit, ReadyAPI and/or Postman.

• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines using GitLab and integration with security and static code scanning utilities.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Excellent analytical skills and decision-making skills

• 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