Software Engineer III - Mainframe Developer and Lead

TD Bank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution seeks a Software Engineer III specializing in Mainframe Development. The role involves mentoring junior developers, maintaining application integrity, and collaborating on designs. Join a dynamic team in a hybrid work environment and contribute to innovative solutions in the Life & Health Product Group.

Benefits

Growth opportunities and skill development

Competitive salary and benefit packages

Flexible working environment

Mentorship and training programs

Paid time off and banking discounts

Qualifications

• 10+ years of mainframe application design and support experience preferred in financial industry.
• 2-3 years in leadership roles with multi-application solutions.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and ITSM tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve culture of Mainframe Engineers; mentor junior developers.
• Participate in application development lifecycle and drive product design.
• Conduct code reviews for quality and compliance standards.

Skills

COBOL

JCL

VSAM

TSO

ISPF

IMS DC/DB

zOS Connect

Database Management

Agile

Education

Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate

Tools

Endevor

CA-7

Autosys

Jira

Confluence

Service Now

Job description

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Software Engineer III - Mainframe Developer and Lead

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Toronto, Ontario time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: June 30, 2025 (17 days left to apply) job requisition id R_1423480

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$114,000 - $154,000 CADThe 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:

TDI Life & Health Product Group is accountable for all the suite of applications that supports Life & Health business. This spans in products from Travel, Term, Accidental & Sickness, Balance Protection and Credit Protection insurance. The team is responsible for the project delivery, application hygiene, risk, and production availability for all these assets.

Ideal candidate will be maintaining and evolving the culture and community of Mainframe Engineers and is responsible for mentoring on knowledge, skills and performance, building and evolving their capabilities, and guiding engineers on their work to ensure solutions meet business needs and aligned with technology strategies and emerging industry standards. This includes planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, operationalizing, and supporting solutions in compliance with enterprise and industry standards.

• Produce top-notch functional, technical and user interface designs.
• Help drive the technology product group level design and be able to articulate solution options to the senior leadership.
• You have strong emphasis on proven design patterns, trade-offs, and evolutionary incremental changes.
• Excellent Database knowledge and hands on experience managing a large RDBMS solutions.
• Participate in complex applications and systems development, project planning, estimates, programming and status update ensuring project deliverables are on time and adhere to the corporate quality and security standards.
• Participate in all aspects of application development lifecycle: PoC, Ideation, Design, Build, Test and Ongoing operation
• Take business, Enterprise Architecture, system performance and development standards requirements, then develop functional, technical and user interface designs for an application and/or system.
• Help to come up with strategic solutions to support cost effectiveness and enhance stakeholder experience.
• Conduct code reviews to address quality, standards compliance, reusability and ease of maintenance, Operational Readiness Reviews, and support gating and review signoffs for solution design.
• Identify issue, develop, maintain processes and address any issue that affects the integrity of the application (e.g. cross-capability/release issues).
• Transform business requirements and research into winning delivery solutions that meet performance goals.
• Identify issue, develop, maintain processes and address any issue that affects the integrity of the application (e.g. cross-capability/release issues).
• Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).
• Mentor and assist junior developers/designers in their professional development, ability to do be 'hands-on' as necessary
• Be an active player in PoC and Solution Design Thinking; Embrace DevOps culture including CI/CD, Jenkins, test automation
• Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).

Job Requirements:

• Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate.
• 10+ years of mainframe application design, development and operational support experience (Financial Industry Preferred)
• 2-3 years of leadership/collaborator role(s) on multi-application / multi-platform solutions
• Working experience mainframe skills with the following:

Must have

• COBOL, JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, IMS DC/DB, zOS Connect
• Database: IMS DB, DB2, IMS MQ
• Source Control: Endevor
• Job scheduling tools: CA-7, Autosys, AWF

Should have

• Agile experience
• ITSM tools: Jira, Confluence and Service Now
• Understanding of Azure & VMC2 Cloud implementation patterns, Restful API concepts, Data Security concepts

Hybrid = 2 days a week in the office

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. 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. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

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):

Sans Objet

Our Values
At TD we’re guided by our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues, and share a set of values that shape our culture and guide our behavior. In exchange for how our colleagues show up to help TD succeed, we are committed to delivering a colleague experience grounded in Impact, Growth and a Culture of Care. No matter where you work across TD, we empower you to make an impact at work and in your community, explore and grow your career and be part of our caring and inclusive culture.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At TD, we’re committed to fostering an environment where all colleagues are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, experience equitable opportunities, and feel respected and supported. We’re dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and the communities in which we live and serve.

Helping to Make an Impact in Communities – TD Ready Commitment
TD has a long-standing commitment to help drive progress towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. That’s why we launched the TD Ready Commitment in 2018, now a multi-year North American initiative. Under the TD Ready Commitment, we are targeting a total of C$1 billion by 2030 in community giving across four key, interconnected drivers of change: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities, and Better Health. It’s our goal to help support change, nurture progress, and contribute to making the world a better, more inclusive place for our customers, colleagues, and communities. Learn more: Canada | US | Europe & Asia Pacific