Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to help drive the modernization of our Enterprise Entitlements platform. This role will provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and delivering scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions that support identity, access, and authorization capabilities across Digital Banking.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise-grade applications using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and modern UI frameworks.

• Lead implementation of cloud-native solutions leveraging Kubernetes, containers, and microservices architecture.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated testing and deployment.

• Define and implement API and integration strategies across enterprise platforms.

• Partner with architects and security teams to implement authorization and policy-driven access controls.

• Contribute to service mesh architectures utilizing technologies such as Istio and Envoy.

• Author and maintain policy definitions using Rego/OPA (preferred).

• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence, resiliency, and operational best practices.

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.

• Strong Java and Spring Boot expertise.

• Experience developing RESTful APIs and microservices.

• Angular and/or modern front-end development experience.

• Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native development experience.

• CI/CD pipeline implementation experience.

• Strong understanding of security, authentication, and authorization concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Rego/Open Policy Agent (OPA) experience.

• Digital Banking or Financial Services experience.

• Experience with Service Mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy).

• Identity and Access Management (IAM) background.

We support our team members with generous benefits. 

• Competitive compensation 

• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits 

• 401(k) match at 5% 

• Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements 

• Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays  

• 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year 

• Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview 

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