Software Engineer II (Mainframe)

TD; Toronto; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TD’s Toronto-based Mainframe Software Engineer II role seeks a seasoned professional to design and deliver high-quality mainframe solutions. The position emphasizes hands-on COBOL/JCL/DB2 development, strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, and adoption of modern practices including Git-based workflows and AI-assisted tools.

You will contribute to agile delivery, participate in design reviews, and ensure secure coding standards while supporting production systems and modernization

Qualifications

• 6+ years of mainframe design, development, and support experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality functional, technical, and user interface designs for applications and systems.
• Participate in complex application and system development, including project planning, estimation, programming, testing, and status updates.
• Translate business, Enterprise Architecture, system performance, and development standards into practical designs.
• Support development of strategic solutions that improve cost effectiveness, delivery efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, standards compliance, reusability, maintainability, and secure coding practices.
• Identify application integrity issues and work with teams to resolve them.
• Transform requirements into delivery solutions meeting performance and quality goals.
• Perform enhancements, troubleshooting, unit testing, and integration testing as per standards.
• Configure and develop custom components with analysts, developers, designers, technology partners, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities and follow security practices.

Education

Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate

Tools

Endevor

Git

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Autosys

CA-7

IDz

ZDT

PD Tool

IMS Explorer for Development

DB2

Job description

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $81,600 - $115,200 CAD

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

Role Summary: The L9 Mainframe Software Engineer II is responsible for producing high-quality functional and technical designs, participating in complex application development, and delivering reliable technology solutions aligned to business, architecture, quality, and security standards. This role requires strong hands-on mainframe development experience, the ability to support design and delivery activities, and a learning mindset to adopt modern engineering practices including Git-based development, AI-assisted engineering tools, and mainframe modernization patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality functional, technical, and user interface designs for applications and systems.

• Participate in complex application and system development, including project planning, estimation, programming, testing, and status updates.

• Translate business, Enterprise Architecture, system performance, and development standards into practical application and system designs.

• Support development of strategic solutions that improve cost effectiveness, delivery efficiency, and stakeholder experience.

• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, standards compliance, reusability, maintainability, and secure coding practices.

• Support Operational Readiness Reviews, gating activities, and required design or delivery sign-offs.

• Identify application integrity issues, including cross-capability or release-related concerns, and work with teams to resolve them.

• Transform business requirements and technical research into delivery solutions that meet performance and quality goals.

• Perform enhancements, troubleshooting, unit testing, and integration testing as per standards and design specifications.

• Configure and develop custom components in collaboration with analysts, developers, designers, technology partners, and business stakeholders.

• Ensure applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities and follow corporate security practices.

• Proactively recommend development, testing, automation, and tooling improvements that support project objectives.

• Apply and share technical expertise during incident management, including impact assessment, outage analysis, and stakeholder communication.

• Contribute to knowledge sharing and documentation to improve team effectiveness and long‑term maintainability.

• Adopt modern engineering practices, including Git-based collaboration, reusable design patterns, and AI-assisted development tools where appropriate.

Job Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate.

• 6+ years of mainframe application design, development, and support experience; financial industry experience preferred.

• Strong hands-on mainframe skills across COBOL, JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, IMS DC/DB and/or DB2.

• Experience with source control tools such as Endevor, SCM, Changeman, Git, or GitHub.

• Experience with job scheduling tools such as CA-7, Autosys, and AWF.

• Agile delivery experience with ability to work in iterative delivery models and collaborate across cross‑functional teams.

• Experience with ITSM tools including Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow.

• Working knowledge of SDLC practices, secure coding standards, incident management, and production support processes.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze requirements, design technical solutions, complete development activities, and support testing.

• Ability to apply AI‑assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar tools to improve development productivity, documentation quality, code understanding, and delivery outcomes.

• Strong learning mindset with willingness to adopt modernization practices, AI tools, collaborative engineering workflows, and new development frameworks.

• Ability to work independently on assigned deliverables while seeking guidance on complex design decisions or broader architecture impacts.

• Good communication skills with ability to explain technical issues, risks, and solution options to technology partners and stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience with mainframe utilities such as IDz, ZDT, ADDI, PD Tool, and IMS Explorer for Development.

• General knowledge of MQ and integration patterns.

• Banking industry experience preferred.

• Exposure to mainframe modernization initiatives, API enablement, distributed integration, or platform transformation programs.

• Experience with GitHub Enterprise, branching strategies, pull request‑based reviews, and collaborative development practices.

• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices and automation opportunities.

• Exposure to cloud, container, file transfer, or integration technologies such as Azure, Docker, TIBCO, or NDM.

• Interest and adaptability in using AI‑assisted engineering practices to support code analysis, documentation, testing, and modernization activities.

Core Technical Skill Areas

Category

Skills / Tools

Mainframe Core

COBOL, JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, IMS DC/DB, DB2

Scheduling

CA-7, Autosys, AWF

Source Control

Endevor, SCM, Changeman, Git, GitHub

Utilities

IDz, ZDT, ADDI, PD Tool, IMS Explorer for Development

Delivery / ITSM

Agile, SDLC, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow

Modern Engineering

Git-based development, code reviews, AI-assisted engineering tools

Modernization Exposure

Mainframe modernization, API enablement, integration patterns, MQ

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 strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for 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 foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

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. 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.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

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.

Accommodation

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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