TD Bank

Principal Engineer- Data Platform, TD Securities

TD Bank$126K — $164K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in engineering or a technical certificate required.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience in technical development and data platforms.
  • Expert knowledge in programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
  • Experience with cloud environments, specifically Azure.
  • Strong ability to influence and guide cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate a data platform from ingestion to consumption.
  • Provide technical guidance and creative solutions for platform challenges.
  • Monitor platform health and optimize for cost and customer satisfaction.
  • Lead complex projects while managing competing priorities effectively.
  • Create architectural diagrams focusing on networking and system design.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for growth and skill development.
  • Discretionary variable compensation awards based on performance.
  • Supportive work environment that encourages communication and collaboration.
  • Participation in technology communities and internal advocacy events.
Full Job Description
Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
$126,800 - $164,100 CAD

This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

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.

Job Description:
Department Overview:

Data Platform and Analytics: Velocity Team

At the Velocity team, we are dedicated to driving change with speed and precision, striving to revolutionize the way data is consumed and managed.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll draw on your extensive technical development experience to take full ownership of data platform operations and customer delivery. You'll have autonomy to ensure the platform is stable, and value is delivered to its tenants.

This position is hands-on and technical, involving direct guidance to a small team of solution engineers as they address various data platform challenges. Your responsibilities will include technical guidance and/or creative work arounds for platform temporary limitations. In addition, monitor health and user FinOps statistics, cost optimization and customer satisfaction. Technical expertise in areas like cloud native infrastructure management, full stack software development, AKS, Azure, and related subjects are essential. If we have a problem, lets use code to solve it !

Role & Responsibilities

What are we looking for:
  • You enjoy high exposure program that have difficult problems to solve.
  • Experience in designing and operating a Data Platform from ingestion to consumption.
  • Expert level in one or more programming languages (i.e. Java, Python, Javascript, Scala).
  • Exposure with AKS/Docker, Virtual Machines, streaming, API development and more.
  • Design/Research/Implement required process components to enable TD Azure functionalities (i.e. Unity Catalog, Azure Purview ..)
  • Experience with 3rd party vendors is a plus (i.e. Dremio / Confluent Kafka)
  • Exceptional communication skills and ability to coordinate and liaison with multiple parties involved to align to strategic data platform and execution of needed components.
  • Ability to create Architectural diagrams with networking focus and system design.
  • Experience in PaaS offerings from Azure / GCP / Databricks
  • Must be able to lead complex projects and competing priorities with a high level of technical acumen and strong communication skills.
  • You'll also analyze all platform level changes, monitor application impact, and provide appropriate technical solutions to resolve all issues quickly and efficiently.
  • Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.
  • Achieves product commitments (and influences others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills and contributes to or led technology communities.
  • Uses automation, system tools, open-source solutions, observability and 'security first' principles in daily work.
  • Contributes to team agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms
  • Initiates high level solution design approaches, and guides team to achieve desired key software delivery capabilities using automated, coded enterprise and observability.
  • Participates in internal speaking and advocacy events.


Job Requirements:

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:
  • Undergraduate Degree in Engineering or Technical Certificate.
  • Expert knowledge one or many of the follow (Java, Python, JavaScript)
  • Experience operating in a cloud environment.
  • 8+ years relevant experience.
  • Willingness and strength in providing guidance and influencing multiple teams across a broad spectrum of initiatives and functional domains.

Core Skills/Experiences:
  • Azure Cloud Knowledge (Azure Data Lake, Managed Identities, Service Principals)
  • Experience with CI/CD or DevOPs working with Azure
  • Databricks
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes


Nice to have:
  • Azure Databricks CLI
  • Azure Resource Management REST API experience
  • Past TD Experience + EDP (GT/XL) ++++
  • Github Actions CI/CD


Additional Information :

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:
  • Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business.
  • Learn voraciously, stretch your thinking, share your knowledge and educate others.
  • Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.
  • Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.
  • Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.
  • Embrace change and witness amazing things happen - from the inside.


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Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet

About TD Bank

TD Securities offers a range of advisory and capital market services to its clients. The company's range of services includes research, investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction banking. Research consists of commodity and equity research. Investment banking consists of mergers, acquisitions, industry expertise, and credit origination. Global transaction banking consists of trade finance, cash management, and correspondent banking. TD Securities was founded in 1855 and is based in Ontario.

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