Engineering Assistant Jobs in Delaware (NOW HIRING)

Overview

This role provides technical and people leadership for an engineering team responsible for a customdeveloped, businesscritical application that supports complex processing and serves internal and external users. The Engineering Team Lead will guide a team of skilled engineers, balancing daytoday application stability with continuous improvement and enhancement efforts. This opportunity is wellsuited for a dynamic, handson leader who brings strong engineering fundamentals, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to partner closely with business and technology stakeholders. In this role, the leader will oversee a mature platform while driving modernization initiatives, including application refactoring and cloudbased transformation, creating a meaningful opportunity to influence technical direction and longterm sustainability. This position offers a blend of ownership, visibility, and impact, allowing the Engineering Team Lead to shape how a critical system evolves while mentoring engineers and delivering reliable, highquality solutions aligned with organizational goals.

• Manage and participate in consults with Business Stakeholders in the analysis of shortrange business requirements and recommend innovations that anticipate future impact of changing business requirements. Responsible for building a positive client relationship.
• Monitor the technology direction of the industry and vendor applications.
• Research and initiate change to the status quo, when necessary.
• Responsible for vendor and product analysis and recommendations.
• Oversee application development, support, testing efforts, technology infrastructure/project management, and other technology domains.
• Serve as subject matter expert in assigned area of responsibility.
• Build rapport within the organization. Communicate and develop a professional level of communication and cooperation.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and professional organizations.
• Control the activities of the teams, assign personnel to various projects and direct their activities.
• Ensure completion of schedules. Responsible for shortterm staffing planning.
• Implement technology consistent with Division standards and longrange plans. Ensure adherence to all Department and Technology standards and procedures, including all documentation requirements.
• Translate requirements to assist staff in preparing detailed specifications for system enhancements and manage recommended designs based on business and technology requirements.
• Manage and monitor project plans and remain current on activities outside the team that may impact the client environment.
• Exercise usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management, and terminations.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards and ensure compliance with risk and regulatory requirements.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Oversees a team where the majority of employees are engineering individual contributors supporting a single, specialized, custombuilt application.

4 to 6

• 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

• Handson experience leading custom application development teams
• Strong experience with Microsoft technology stack, including:
  • .NET
  • Angular
• Experience supporting internetfacing applications
• Solid understanding of the system development life cycle
• Comfort working with mathintensive or calculationdriven systems
• Strong understanding of financial services or banking technology environments
• Capable of managing multiple complex initiatives simultaneously
• Proficiency with project management, word processing, and spreadsheet tools
• Excellent problemsolving, analytical, and decisionmaking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation and stakeholder communication skills
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders in clientfacing or highly visible systems
• Demonstrated ability to encourage teamwork and serve as a leadership role model
• Understanding of technical, business, and operational impacts of technology decisions

• Bachelor's degree
• Exposure to or experience with cloud migration initiatives, particularly Azure
• Background in investment banking, collateral management, or related financial domains
• Proven ability to lead teams through transition periods and rebuild engagement and morale
• Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities
• Subject matter expertise in applications with integrated or interfacing systems
• Good understanding of the Bank's application framework
• Understanding of supported businesses and their terminology
• Selfmotivated leader with the ability to motivate others

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