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Overview: Join Wealth Technology as we modernize the platforms that support Wealth Management, Investment Management, Trust, Custody, and Advisory services across M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust. This role sits at the intersection of application engineering, cloud architecture, data engineering, and AI-enabled software development. You will help design and build cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure while advancing our adoption of intelligent automation, agentic development patterns, modern data platforms, and event-driven architectures. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building scalable cloud solutions, modern data pipelines, and AI-enabled applications that deliver measurable business value.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, deploy and support enterprise applications using C#, .NET, and cloud-native Azure services.
• Build scalable APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions supporting Wealth Technology products and business capabilities.
• Design and implement modern cloud architectures using Azure-native services and platform capabilities.
• Develop and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and delivery pipelines supporting operational and analytical workloads.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to improve engineer productivity and solution delivery.
• Work independently and within the boundaries of the approved Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to process, design, and develop applications to solve business needs and minimize risks to the Bank by writing clean and resilient code.
• Regularly review pull requests, provide feedback, and execute on the change management of the request.
• Author organized, clean, efficient, and secure source code at an advanced level in a minimum of one programming language to be verified by a lead software engineer and apply knowledge of appropriate data structure and algorithms to solve business problems.
• Utilize source code management tools to manage and deploy code/ applications and ensure compliance with SDLC policies and support merge conflict resolution.
• Independently analyze and critique technical and business requirements to ensure completeness, accuracy, and feasibility.
• Collaborate, document, and communicate technical implementation details clearly and concisely with other teams on dependent requirements as needed.
• Conduct code reviews, providing constructive feedback on code quality and improvements to team members.
• Contribute to conversations with business or technical stakeholders and teams regarding the architecture of their applications.
• 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.

Technologies/Competencies:

• C#, .NET8+/.NET Core, SQL Server, Angular, REST API Design, Microservices Architecture, Azure Native Application Architecture, Git/Gitlab, Azure Data Factory, Event Driven Data Architecture, Test Driven Development

Education and Experience Required:

• Associate’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ systems analysis and/ or application development work experience or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/ or application development work experience.
• In lieu of degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience.
• Advanced proficiency in minimum of 1 relevant programming language

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Experience supporting Wealth Management, Asset Management, Trust, Brokerage, or Investment platforms
• Broader financial services or banking industry experience
• Experience with Azure Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric
• Experience developing autonomous or agentic workflows using orchestration frameworks
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads
• Experience with event streaming and real-time data architectures
• Advanced analytical skills specific to application development
• Experience working in a team environment
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to multitask on 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 $106,700.00 - $177,900.00 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

Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T’s affiliates offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T Bank’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. M&T Bank has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that span 12 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. For more than 165 years, M&T has strived to take an active role in our communities and build long-lasting relationships with our customers. We are a bank for communities—combining the capabilities of a large bank with the care of a locally focused institution. As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and candor – drive the work we do. We seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members. View M&T’s Human Capital Report to learn more.

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