Software Engineer – Compliance Technology

TD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TD in New York, NY seeks a Software Engineer to deliver hands-on analysis and development within Compliance Technology. You will shape solutions that meet regulatory obligations, strengthen supervisory controls, and manage risk across Compliance, Supervision and Global Markets.

The role requires back-end development with Java, SQL/NoSQL, and event-driven architectures, plus experience with big data, AI, and cloud-native designs. Collaborative delivery and agile practices are expected.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of technology delivery and software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering regulatory, risk, compliance, surveillance, or supervisory technology solutions.
• Experience operating within highly regulated financial services environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• We are seeking a Software Engineer to provide hands-on analysis and development within Compliance Technology.
• - Lead design, development, delivery, and operational support of technology solutions for regulatory compliance, surveillance, supervision, and control oversight.
• - Develop solutions within a modern cloud-native architecture, big data platforms, AI/ML, and automation capabilities.

Skills

Java RESTful services

SQL

NoSQL

Kafka

Event-based architecture

Big data

AI

Systems integration

Agile delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

None specified

Job description

Work Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Hours

40

Line of Business

Technology Solutions

Pay Detail

$120,000.00 - $170,000.00 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.

Job Description

Software Engineer – Compliance Technology

Summary** :**

We are seeking a Software Engineer to provide hands‑on analysis and development within Compliance Technology. The role shapes technology solutions that meet regulatory obligations, strengthen supervisory controls, and manage conduct and trade‑related risks.

Working across Compliance, Supervision, Global Markets, Product, Architecture, Engineering, Data, Quality Assurance, Operations, and Risk, the software engineer will be responsible for leading the design, development, delivery, and operational support of technology solutions that enable regulatory compliance, surveillance, supervision, and control oversight functions. This role combines technology innovation and delivery accountability across strategic regulatory and business initiatives.

This engineer will develop solutions within a modern cloud‑native architecture, big data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency and regulatory outcomes. The role partners closely with Compliance, Risk, Data, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and regulator‑ready solutions.

Responsibilities** :**

Technology Delivery

• Work within a team on end‑to‑end delivery of strategic Compliance technology initiatives.
• Manage delivery roadmaps, capacity planning, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate across product, architecture, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.
• Ensure solutions meet business objectives while adhering to enterprise architecture standards.
• Drive Agile delivery practices and continuous delivery methodologies.

Architecture & Solution Design

• Provide technical oversight for enterprise‑scale distributed systems.
• Support API‑driven, event‑driven, microservices, and cloud‑native architectures.
• Ensure integration between vendor platforms, proprietary systems, and enterprise data services.
• Participate in the development of solution designs for scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and security.
• Promote framework reuse and common platform capabilities across workstreams.

Regulatory & Control Alignment

• Ensure technology solutions support regulatory obligations, supervisory requirements, and compliance controls.
• Embed auditability, traceability, entitlement controls, evidencing capabilities, and monitoring into system designs.
• Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to translate regulatory requirements into technology solutions.
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, remediation programs, and control assessments.
• Maintain awareness of evolving regulatory and industry expectations impacting compliance technology platforms.

Required Skills** :**

• Strong hands‑on experience in back‑end development technologies and frameworks, including:
  • Java RESTful services
  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Message queue technologies, including Kafka
  • Event‑based architecture
• Experience with big data technologies, data analytics, and AI.
• Hands‑on experience with integration projects involving multiple systems and platforms.
• Knowledge of data strategy, governance, and integration.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical abilities, with keen attention to detail.
• Experience in driving technology strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in the industry.
• Experience in Agile delivery with a focus on backlog execution, dependencies, continuous improvement, and outcomes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

Education & Experience

• 3 to 5 years of technology delivery and software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering regulatory, risk, compliance, surveillance, or supervisory technology solutions.
• Experience operating within highly regulated financial services environments preferred.
• Knowledge of financial industry trade surveillance, market abuse monitoring and/or global markets domain experience, including trading lifecycles.
• Experience with big data and cloud technologies and architecture.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

The IT Senior Developer TDS provides a broad range of system solutions development to business problems through the development and programming of applications / systems.

Depth & Scope

• Responsible for analyzing a broad range of business requirements, conducting program / system research and analysis to identify key components for solutions delivery and problem resolution
• Develops new applications and performs unit / component test for new application development initiatives aligned to business needs and in accordance with technology architecture standards
• Ensures effective communication of solutions development requirements for respective area and contributes to project plans, estimations, timelines and status updates to support management team / clients on prioritizing new and existing projects against IT requirements and business objectives
• Informs key stakeholders of any issues that may impact other areas of the project and resolves or escalates issues as required
• Supports business inquiries and business activities through execution of small enhancements and break / fix implementations (e.g. source code changes)
• Works with Business Analysts / Systems Analysts, other technology Developers / Solution Designers to ensure the configuration and custom components meet application requirements and performance goals
• Creates and maintains quality code, ensures defect free programming consistent with standards; provides code maintenance and supports during testing cycles and post‑production deployment and participate in reviewing peer coding
• Adheres to standard security coding practices to ensure application is free of most common coding vulnerabilities
• Participates in identifying and recommending development / testing solutions / tools in support of project / application objectives
• Completes unit and integration testing for conformance to standards and adherence to design specifications
• Complies with well‑defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis
• Assists in the development / maintenance of comprehensive processes for prevention of issues and participate in problem determination and timely resolution of incidents applying appropriate quality measures
• Perform Systems Administration of applications / environments supported by the LOB, monitors application / service performance, and performs configuration, backup, authentication & tuning
• Ensure both state‑of‑health monitoring and monthly SLA targets are in place, and are being met
• Provides technical expertise during Incident management, analyzes incident reports and outages, performs impact assessment for incidents and facilitates internal and external communication throughout incident resolution
• Continuously enhances knowledge / expertise in area and keeps current with leading‑edge technologies, emerging trends/developments and grows knowledge of the business, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques
• Prioritizes and manages own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines as assigned
• Supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identifies and recommends opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team
• Establishes effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program and project managers
• Participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Impact assessment for incidents and facilitates internal and external communication throughout incident resolution

Education & Experience

• College degree, or specialized training / equivalent work experience
• 3-5 Years of related experience

Physical Requirements

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel – Occasional
• International Travel – Never
• Performing sedentary work – Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional
• Sitting – Continuous
• Standing – Occasional
• Walking – Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
• Squatting – Occasional
• Bending – Occasional
• Kneeling – Never
• Crawling – Never
• Climbing – Never
• Reaching overhead – Never
• Reaching forward – Occasional
• Pushing – Never
• Pulling – Never
• Twisting – Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry‑leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly‑diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank.

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 base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well‑being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

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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.

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

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at [e-mail]. Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.