Engineering Team Lead - Digital Sales & Onboarding

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers ranging from early-career to senior levels, fostering a culture of growth, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Provide coaching, performance management, staffing planning, and career development for direct reports.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Build rapport across teams and maintain strong communication and cooperation within the organization.

Governance, Risk & Controls

• Ensure adherence to all department and technology standards, procedures, and documentation requirements.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls.
• Implement and maintain internal controls to mitigate risk; escalate issues as appropriate.
• Ensure timely implementation of internal/external audit points and regulatory requirements.

Delivery & Execution

• Oversee application development, testing support, infrastructure coordination, and project management activities.
• Manage the project queue for the DSO Platform, ensuring timely completion of schedules and alignment with business priorities.
• Provide technical oversight for contractor teams, ensuring adherence to engineering standards and architectural direction.
• Act as the connective layer between teams—driving consistency, reducing rework, and ensuring smooth transitions of work.

Technical Strategy & Platform Ownership

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for the DSO Platform with a focus on modernization, scalability, and resilience.
• Drive major engineering initiatives, including: Migrating Angular and .NET applications to Azure, Adopting and operationalizing enterprise engineering standards, Improving vulnerability management and platform stability, and Enabling feature development through platform enhancements (e.g., data model evolution, third-party integrations).
• Monitor industry technology trends and vendor solutions; recommend innovations that anticipate future business needs.

Education and Experience

Required:

• A combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ engineering and/or architecture experience and 3 years leadership experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex technical initiatives.
• Strong understanding of the system development life cycle.
• Proficiency with project management tools and productivity applications.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with application development platforms, cloud technologies, and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to encourage teamwork and serve as a role model for others.
• Understanding of technical, business, and operational impacts of projects.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 10 years’ technology management or large program leadership experience
• Extensive application and product knowledge experience with skills, application(s) and functions of technology area led
• Subject Matter Expert understanding of applications supported with an advanced knowledge of interfacing/integrated applications
• Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities
• Understanding of the Bank’s application framework, business plan, and strategic objectives
• Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
• Familiarity with banking terminology and business processes

Pay

The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD).