Senior Manager Engineering & Mainframe Operations & Systems

TD; Canada; On-site; CAD 149,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in Toronto is seeking an experienced professional with 10-15 years of software engineering experience. The successful candidate will lead the design and delivery of complex enterprise-scale applications and ensure production stability. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers and facilitating incident management. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with Mainframe technologies and a track record of fostering collaborative, high-performance cultures. Competitive salary package is offered.

Benefits

Health and well-being benefits

Savings and retirement programs

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional designs.
• Proven leadership experience mentoring and developing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and oversee end-to-end solution design.
• Support incident remediation and root-cause analysis.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure quality control.

Skills

10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering

Hands-on experience in Mainframe environments

Demonstrated experience executing enterprise engineering strategies

Proven experience acting as a technical leader

Strong background in hands-on development and coding

Experience supporting large-scale production applications

Proven ability to foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture

Experience operating within regulated environments

Job description

Overview

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $149,500 - $183,500 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually. 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

Required (Must Have)

• 10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution design, delivery, and production support of complex, enterprise-scale applications and systems.
• Hands-on experience in Mainframe environments, including but not limited to COBOL, IMS, DB2, JCL, and CA7, supporting mission-critical, high-availability platforms.
• Demonstrated experience executing enterprise engineering strategies, including the introduction of tooling and automation across build, test, release, configuration, and operational support activities spanning application, platform, and infrastructure layers.
• Proven experience acting as a technical leader and application SME, accountable for end-to-end solution design, development, deployment, and support across the full lifecycle.
• Strong background in hands-on development and coding, including ownership of complex systems, technical design decisions, defect remediation, and performance optimization.
• Experience supporting large-scale production applications at Level 3 (L3), including root-cause analysis, incident remediation, problem management, and collaboration with L1/L2 support teams to restore service.
• Demonstrated ability to manage production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance, including on-call support rotations and post-incident reviews for critical systems.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional, technical, and user interface designs aligned with enterprise architecture, security, performance, and development standards.
• Proven capability to analyze business and technology requirements, evaluate solution options, and recommend optimal buy / build / reuse strategies.
• Experience partnering closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Platform, and Operations teams to ensure solution alignment, scalability, operational readiness, and supportability.
• Hands-on experience conducting code reviews, solution design reviews, operational readiness reviews, and production gating activities, ensuring quality, maintainability, and standards compliance.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving application, data, cross-capability, and cross-release issues, proactively managing technical debt and system integrity.
• Proven leadership experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and support for skill and career progression.
• Experience leading delivery teams or support workstreams, setting technical direction, prioritizing work, and balancing delivery timelines with operational stability.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance engineering and operations culture, emphasizing accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Experience operating within regulated, risk-aware environments, adhering to enterprise frameworks, governance models, change management, and control practices.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience working with Core Banking Systems and large-scale financial services platforms.
• Experience applying AI-enabled tooling and methodologies to software engineering, quality engineering, automation, incident analysis, or developer productivity.
• Familiarity with AI-driven engineering and operations patterns, including intelligent automation, testing acceleration, code quality analysis, or service reliability optimization.

Who We Are

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

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 a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.