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Software Engineer - Financial Crimes

M&T Bank

Buffalo, NYJob$81–135K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$81–135K/yr
Location
Buffalo, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Software Engineer - Financial Crimes develops and supports in-house applications used by Financial Crimes and Fraud business partners. The role writes code and helps gather technical requirements within the Software Development Lifecycle, following banking technology standards and contributing to system stability and resiliency. It also collaborates with teammates on code reviews, requirements analysis, and implementation details.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Java, requiredPython, requiredSpring Boot, 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 have

Qualifications

Associate's or Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience, required3+ Years Systems Analysis or Application Development Experience, required1+ Year Systems Analysis or Application Development Experience, required

Full job description

Overview:

Responsible at the proficient level for writing code and the teams' 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). The eFCI Fusion team supports the data consumption needs of critical business partners: Financial Crimes and Fraud. The apps created by Fusion developers support the mitigation of Financial Crimes.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Full stack development/engineering opportunity to enhance and provide ongoing support of critical, in-house, Financial Crimes applications.

  • Work within the boundaries of the approved Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to solve business needs and minimize risks to the Bank through clean and resilient code with guidance as needed.

  • Provide feedback in pull requests to other team members.

  • Participate in code review by presenting and providing constructive feedback on code quality and improvements with team members.

  • Write organized, clean, efficient, and secure source code at proficient level in minimum of one programming language to be verified by a senior team member.

  • Utilize source control management tools to organize and maintain code with review from manager for structure and conflict resolution.

  • Jointly analyze technical and business requirements for completeness, accuracy, and feasibility with senior team members to ensure accurate scoping of work.

  • Collaborate, document, and communicate technical implementation details clearly and concisely within team on dependent requirements as needed.

  • 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 3 years’ systems analysis and/ or application development work experience OR Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 1 year systems analysis and/or application development work experience. In lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 5 years’ education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 1 year of systems analysis and/or application development work experience

  • Professional proficiency with Java and Python

  • Experience with Spring Boot.

Education and Experience Preferred:

  • Basic analytical skills specific to application development

  • Experience working in a team environment

  • Ability to work autonomously

  • Ability to multitask on moderately complex projects

  • Strong organizational skills

  • Strong time management skills

  • Proficient verbal and written communication skills

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $80,900.00 - $134,800.00 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 8,695 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$81–135K/yr
  • New York median$170–251K/yr478 salary ranges
  • US median$147–251K/yr6,569 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $108K, is 50% below the New York median midpoint ($216K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineering salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 685 open Software Engineering jobs in New York and 8,695 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 6,621 postings).
Education
2,176 of the 8,695 open Software Engineering jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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