Principal Software Engineer (US)

TD Bank Group; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 149,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Bank Group in Mount Laurel, New Jersey is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for bank-wide software solutions. The role focuses on designing scalable, secure, and reliable systems that address capability gaps while aligning with enterprise standards.

You will mentor teams, guide architectural decisions, and drive implementation across complex projects. A strong background in software engineering, architecture, and information security is essential for

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree, Post Graduate degree or Technical Certificate.
• Strong academic background in computer science or engineering.
• Graduate degree nice to have.
• 15 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Advance software engineering practices through processes and tools at enterprise level.
• Lead the creation of end-to-end solution designs and coordinate stakeholders to support development initiatives.
• Develop and document detailed solution designs and act as a domain SME through lifecycle stages.
• Ensure alignment with architecture and development standards across applications and platforms.
• Identify improvements/solutions (buy/build/reuse) to enhance customer experience and reduce cost.
• Collaborate with Technology partners to define metrics and performance goals for applications.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Architecture

Solutions architecture

Application security

Coding

Education

Undergraduate degree

Post Graduate degree

Technical Certificate

Job description

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$148,720 - $240,240 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:

The Principal Software Engineer provides 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 the Platform or Journey's emerging business needs and strategies. This role advances the overall design, architecture, and technology capabilities in accordance with industry developments. This role teaches, mentors, and coaches others. Additionally, advocates for others to make sure their work is recognized.

Depth & Scope:

• Leading authority on Software engineering concepts, principals, practices and standards
• Thought leader on IT risk-based approaches to Software engineering and on other domains in technology control / information security fields
• Sets the direction and oversees the work of other Software Engineering professionals on complex, highly-visible projects of significant profile, strategic importance, and enterprise impact to the bank
• Establishes and leads Software 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 Software engineering, architecture, solutions architecture, application security and coding
• Primarily works at the enterprise level

Education & Experience:

Undergraduate degree, Post Graduate degree or Technical Certificate

Strong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering)

Graduate degree nice to have

15 years relevant experience

Customer Accountabilities:

• Is responsible for advancing the software engineering practices through processes and tools, setting development and design standards at business unit and/or enterprise level
• Executes on Engineering strategy as it relates to the introduction of tools and the automation of build, test, release and configure activities across Application, Platform and Infrastructure
• Leads the creation of solution options and ultimately a comprehensive end-to-end solution and coordinate relevant stakeholders, as required to support development initiatives; following a "build it, break it, fix it mentality".
• Is responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design and acts as an application SME through the design and development lifecycle ensuring alignment with Architecture
• Is accountable for complex applications/ systems development, programming / coding
• Develops functional, technical and user interface designs for an application / system that meets the defined requirements (business, enterprise architecture direction, system performance and development standards)
• Consults on development of requirements and specifications and applies functional knowledge of business functions to design optimal software / systems
• Reviews technical deliverables throughout detailed design and development phase to ensure quality adherence and identify gaps or redesign requirements as needed
• Identifies, recommends, sources, negotiates and implements improvements/ solutions (buy/build/reuse) to enhance customer experience, availability, and/or reduce cost in support of client needs
• Works with Technology partners to define metrics and performance goals for the application
• Identifies and addresses application and data issues and cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect application integrity
• Researches/ analyzes business requirements to evaluate and recommend optimal solutions within business technology architecture; collects environment requirements for infrastructure implementation by analyzing the current system environment, using technical tools and utilities
• Works with