Senior Manager, Engineering, TD Securities

at  TD Bank

BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY TEAM

We can’t afford to be boring. Neither can you. The scale and scope of what TD does may surprise you. The rapid pace of change makes it a business imperative for us to be smart and open-minded in the way we think about technology. TD’s technology and business teams become more intertwined as new opportunities present themselves. This new era in banking does not equal boring. Not at TD, anyway.
The Market Risk and Product Control Technology team is looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering to contribute to and extend the platforms.
The role is a managerial role primarily responsible for the Product Control technology stack and applications, and will be managing a local team of engineers, developers, and business systems analysts.
The role is both managerial and technical in nature and would require the candidate to have experience and ability to manage teams and complex applications. The ideal candidate would be a self-starting, motivated and high-performing individual who looks forward to being a strong contributor and thought leader in a dynamic technology organization at a major bank.
This candidate should also be able to inspire, motivate, and maximize a team of highly talented technologists, delivering solutions to the Product Control and Finance stakeholders in TD Securities.

EXPERIENCE AND / OR EDUCATION

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
• Strong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Strong knowledge of core Java, and Spring boot
• Deep understanding and experience with Cloud migrations and transformations
• Working experience with various DB solutions such as Cassandra, IDLS, HBASE, and SQL Server
• Experience working with Spark, Hadoop and REST services
• Experience working with scalable and low latency systems
• Strong understanding of risk and financial products is a plus
• Knowledge and experience with Scala is a plus
• Experience working on big data sets with bi-temporal support
• Working knowledge on middleware (Kafka, Solace, IBM MQ, Apache Active MQ)
• Outstanding ability to establish and maintain tech and business relationships
• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer working on large scale development projects
• 3 to 4 years of team management experience
• Seasoned capabilities to lead, inspire, and motivate a diverse team
• Understanding of trading and non-trading Profit and Loss (PnL) and PnL attribution is an asset
• Working knowledge of Product Control is an asset

WHO WE ARE

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

The Senior Manager Engineering is a Senior position with overarching responsibilities to ensure that applications within Risk Platform align with regulatory and audit requirements. Additionally, the successful candidate will manage and execute group-wide strategic deliveries for cloud, scalability, technology simplification and currency.
Within this challenging role, the successful candidate will get exposure and learn about our varied Risk Platform technology landscape, and work directly with partners at the Director level to shape the long term strategy of our suite of applications.
Working closely with our business partners across trading, finance and risk management the successful candidate will own the following responsibilities:
On the technical side, the candidate is also expected to lead and advise the team on best code practices and spearhead cloud migration and application redesign initiatives. The role is senior in nature and is expected to collaborate closely with colleagues and executives in and outside the group, in order to strategize and move forward the platform and dealer as a whole.

The successful candidate should also demonstrate a strong affinity with the following:

• Work collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams at TD to solve business and technology challenges
• Provide technical leadership to the group and beyond, adopt a scalability and stability-first approach to design and implementation
• Adopt a client-centric approach in support of our business growth models

This challenging role provides the candidate with the following career growth opportunities:

• Contribute to the technical direction the future versions of our risk platform
• Develop a deep understanding of securities pricing and risk across different asset classes
• Work in a dynamic environment with direct engagement to global stakeholders