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Lead Software Engineer

M&T Bank

Wilmington, DEJob$128–214K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$128–214K/yr
Location
Wilmington, DE
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Lead Software Engineer writes code at an expert level and supports technical requirements gathering, application stability, and resiliency throughout the Software Development Lifecycle. The role reviews designs and code, guides testing and engineering practices, and contributes to architectural work. It also partners with delivery teams and stakeholders, communicates progress and challenges, and helps maintain compliance with the bank’s risk and regulatory standards.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Programming Languages, requiredAnalytical Skills, nice to haveTeamwork, nice to haveAutonomy, nice to haveMultitasking, nice to haveOrganizational Skills, nice to haveTime Management, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to haveProject Delivery, nice to haveProject Leadership, nice to haveStakeholder Presentations, nice to have

Qualifications

Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent, required7+ Years Systems Analysis or Application Development, required5+ Years Systems Analysis or Application Development, required9+ Years Education or Relevant Work Experience, required

Full job description

Overview:

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.

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.

  • 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.

Scope of Responsibilities:

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

No supervisory responsibilities.

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:

  • 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

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $128,100.00 - $213,500.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

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

How this job compares

Set against the 37,860 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$128–214K/yr
  • Delaware median$115–210K/yr172 salary ranges
  • US median$131–213K/yr30,848 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $171K, is 3% above the Delaware median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Delaware.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 209 open Software Engineer jobs in Delaware and 37,860 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Delaware
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (31,399 postings).
Education
11,531 of the 37,860 open Software Engineer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Pay, requirements and demand for Software Engineer jobs

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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