Lead Software Engineer - Axiom ControllerView

This role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week Overview: Responsible at the expert level for writing code, leading technical requirements gathering, and supporting the long-term modernization, automation, and technical operation of Axiom-related regulatory reporting capabilities. The role requires a strong engineering foundation with hands-on Microsoft Azure and Python experience. Knowledge of Axiom ControllerView and regulatory reporting processes is strongly preferred; candidates with deep cloud engineering and automation experience who can quickly develop Axiom expertise will also be considered. Completes work following banking technology standards and contributes to the overall stability, security, and resiliency of banking technology within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) while 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. 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. Support the design, development, maintenance, and modernization of Axiom ControllerView solutions used for regulatory reporting. Apply Microsoft Azure, Python, cloud engineering, and automation skills to improve Axiom platform support, integrations, deployment processes, and operational efficiency. Develop Python scripts, APIs, data-processing utilities, and other automation to streamline technical support and repeatable operational activities. Support application deployment, integration, monitoring, and troubleshooting across development, test, and production environments. Implement cloud engineering best practices for scalability, resiliency, performance, security, identity and access management, and cost optimization. Support CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, infrastructure automation, release activities, and production implementation readiness. Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams to translate regulatory reporting requirements into reliable technical solutions. Monitor Azure resources and Axiom application performance, identify issues, support incident and root-cause analysis, and drive timely resolution and continuous improvement. Create and maintain technical documentation, process flows, runbooks, deployment instructions, and production support procedures. 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. 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. Expert proficiency in a minimum of 1 relevant programming language and professional proficiency in a minimum of 1 additional relevant programming language. Education and Experience Preferred: Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, cloud engineering concepts, automation, or related cloud-based technologies. Strong Python experience, including scripting, automation, APIs, data processing, backend development, or technical support utilities. Understanding of cloud architecture concepts, including networking, security, identity and access management, scalability, resiliency, and performance. Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, deployment automation, and release management. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues across applications, infrastructure, integrations, and cloud services. 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 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