Lead Software Engineer-Debit Card

Company: M&T Bank

Location: Buffalo, NY

Salary: $116.4k - $194k per year

Type: Full-time

Posted: 2026-09-09

About this role

Overview

Responsible at the expert level for writing code and leading the team's technical requirements gathering and solution design activities. This role provides technical leadership for large-scale modernization initiatives, including the design and delivery of API and middleware solutions that integrate internal banking systems with third-party payment processing platforms. 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 others and guiding key technical decisions.

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## Primary Responsibilities

  • Develop and coach other team members while also working independently on 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.
  • Lead technical design and architecture discussions for large-scale modernization efforts, driving the development of scalable API, middleware, and system integration solutions that support business and technology objectives.
  • Review and approve solution designs, technical proposals, and pull requests while overseeing execution through established change management processes.
  • Design and facilitate peer review processes and coach others on code reviews, code quality, engineering best practices, and continuous improvement.
  • 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 appropriate data structures, algorithms, and integration patterns to solve complex business problems.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams, helping resolve complex technical issues and ensuring successful implementation of modernization and integration initiat...

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