Lead Mobile Software Engineer - Digital Banking Platform

M&T Bank • Buffalo, NY • 1h ago

This role sits on a high-visibility, agile engineering team building a next-generation digital banking platform from the ground up. You'll join a tight-knit team of 5-7 engineers operating in a true product model-partnering closely with a product owner, scrum master, QA, and business systems analysts-where engineers have real ownership over design, delivery, and technical direction.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll work hands-on across mobile and full-stack technologies while helping move digital banking customers onto a modern cloud platform. This is not a maintenance role. It's an opportunity to influence architecture, shape engineering practices, and build new capabilities end-to-end on a program with strong leadership visibility and long-term strategic impact.

At the expert level, you are responsible for writing high-quality code while guiding the team's technical approach-from requirements through deployment-ensuring solutions are resilient, secure, and aligned with banking technology standards across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Primary Responsibilities

Serve as a hands-on technical leader, spending the majority of your time (approximately 80%) designing and developing software while mentoring and coaching other engineers.

Design, develop, and maintain applications in alignment with approved SDLC processes, emphasizing clean, resilient, and well-tested code that minimizes risk to the Bank.

Lead technical design discussions and architecture sessions, contributing ideas and recommendations to application architecture, engineering practices, and design patterns.

Review, approve, and provide guidance on pull requests, technical designs, and proposed changes, ensuring quality, stability, and maintainability.

Establish and coach best practices for code reviews, code quality, testing, and continuous improvement.

Author organized, efficient, secure source code at an expert level in at least one programming language, with professional proficiency in at least one additional language.

Guide team members on appropriate data structures, algorithms, and technical approaches to solve business problems.

Oversee source control management activities, including reviewing merges and ensuring code is properly integrated into the production deployment path.

Review testing strategies and code coverage to ensure comprehensive validation, and coach team members on opportunities to improve test quality.

Drive adherence to engineering patterns and practices related to performance testing, resiliency, scalability, and optimization.

Partner with delivery teams to review and approve technical requirements, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and feasibility.

Collaborate across teams and domains, recommending process or architectural improvements where technical concerns warrant change.

Communicate architecture, progress, risks, and challenges clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.

Present team work at internal forums, architecture reviews, and peer group meetings; contribute to internal knowledge sharing through documentation or blog posts.

Understand and comply with the Company's risk, regulatory, and internal control standards, escalating risk-related issues as appropriate.

Promote a culture of belonging that reflects the M&T Bank brand.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Technical Environment & Experience Highlights

Successful candidates will bring strong hands-on experience and curiosity across modern technologies, including:

Mobile development experience (strongly preferred), with exposure to:

Kotlin

Java

Swift

Full-stack experience , including:

Front-end frameworks such as Angular

Hands-on API development

Java and Spring Boot exposure

Modern engineering practices , including:

CI/CD pipelines

Git-based source control (e.g., GitLab)

Performance, resiliency, and reliability engineering

Working knowledge of databases and distributed systems

Comfort working across multiple languages and value streams, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt

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.

Full-stack development experience, including front-end frameworks such as Angular

Hands-on API development and integration experience

Experience with Java and Spring Boot-based services

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices

Experience using Git-based source control (e.g., GitLab)

Working knowledge of databases, performance optimization, and resilient system design

Education and Experience Preferred

Hands-on mobile development experience including Kotlin, Java, and/or Swift

Expert analytical and problem-solving skills specific to application development

Experience working in agile, collaborative team environments

Ability to work autonomously while balancing multiple complex initiatives

Strong organizational and time-management skills

Advanced written and verbal communication skills

Experience driving project milestones and delivery timelines

Proven experience leading technical initiatives or projects

Experience partnering with and presenting to both technology and business stakeholders

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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

M&T Bank Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, including disabilities and veterans.

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