Work Location:
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:
40

Pay Details:
$148,720 - $223,080 USD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions
Job Description:

The Principal Data Engineer provides senior technical expertise with a focus on bank and industry-wide solutions that address capability gaps to create significant value for customers. This role implements solutions, ensuring efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security; includes planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, operationalizing, and supporting solutions in an industry-leading manner. This role provides deep technical leadership, sets direction in developing and implementing solutions to address Platform and Journey's emerging business needs and strategies, as well as efficiency opportunities from a technical perspective. This role advances the overall design, architecture, and technology capabilities in accordance with industry developments.

Depth & Scope:

• Leading authority on data engineering concepts, principals, practices and standards
• Thought leader on IT risk-based approaches to data engineering and on other domains in technology control / information security fields
• Sets the direction and oversees the work of other Data Engineering professionals on complex, highly-visible projects of significant profile, strategic importance, and enterprise impact to the bank
• Establishes and leads Data engineering working groups to achieve goals that impact multiple Journeys and Platform
• Provides consultative and strategic guidance to executive leadership
• Engineering specialist assigned to work autonomously on high profile, complex and high-risk technology initiatives with significant impact to the organization
• Has a blend of skills in data engineering, data management, architecture, solutions architecture, application security and coding
• Primarily works at the enterprise level
• Typically reports to the data engineering practice owner

Education & Experience:

• University or Graduate / post graduate degree in Data Management or related Computer Science or Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience
• 15+ years of relevant experience in field of specialization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced proficiency in cloud data platforms (Azure preferred: ADF, Databricks)
• Strong experience with data architecture patterns (batch, streaming, real-time)
• Expertise in data modeling (dimensional, domain-driven design)
• Deep knowledge of SQL, Python, and distributed data processing frameworks and optimization
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (lineage, metadata, cataloging)
• Experience implementing data quality controls and monitoring frameworks
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (BSA/AML, audit, data controls, privacy)
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps for data engineering
• Ability to enforce coding standards and engineering best practices
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management across Product, Technology, Risk, and Business team.
• Drives architecture, engineering standards, and delivery excellence across data domains, enabling high-quality data products that support analytics, regulatory compliance, and customer centric initiatives.

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel - Occasional
• International Travel - Never
• Performing sedentary work - Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks - Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Responding quickly to sounds - Occasional
• Sitting - Continuous
• Standing - Occasional
• Walking - Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces - Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) - Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) - Never
• Squatting - Occasional
• Bending - Occasional
• Kneeling - Never
• Crawling - Never
• Climbing - Never
• Reaching overhead - Never
• Reaching forward - Occasional
• Pushing - Never
• Pulling - Never
• Twisting - Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time - Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations - Continuous
• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions - Continuous
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing - Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you're passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.