Desired Skills and Experience

  • Transform business requirements and research into winning delivery solutions that meet performance goals.
  • Rigorously build and test applications.
  • Perform systems administration: monitor, configure, back-up, authenticate, tune.
  • Aim for defect-free programming, create and maintain quality code, provide support during testing cycles and post-production deployment, engage in peer code reviews.
  • Contribute to project plans, estimations and status updates.
  • Identify issues, develop and maintain processes that address and resolve them, (and be sure to communicate/alert stakeholders as needed).
  • Focus first and foremost on day-to-day activities.
  • Help make enhancements and troubleshoot.
  • Configure and develop custom components with technology partners (analysts, developers, designers etc.) to meet requirements and goals.
  • Make sure applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities (and follow standard security practices).
  • Proactively put forward ideas that speak to project objectives (e.g. development, testing solutions, and tools).
  • Complete unit and integration testing (per standards and design specs.
  • Take part in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis.
  • Respect TD’s technology delivery practices and standards, project management disciplines.
  • Stay on top of state-of-health monitoring and monthly SLA targets.
  • Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).
  • 6+ years of software/application, API design and development experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential
  • Superior multi-tasking skills and the ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented and complex environment/systems
  • Build personas, storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes and prototypes
  • Work closely with other designers, architectures, and engineers to ship extraordinary products and experiences
  • Design flows and experiences that are incredibly simple and elegant
  • The chosen candidate will work in a high paced team on a high visibility project. He/she will be expected to work in an agile environment and be able to consistently deliver quality work
  • Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually
  • Develop software that is both reliable and scalable as the eventual user base will be the entire bank
  • In depth understanding of full application stacks and the ability to work in any layer (client/server/business/database)
  • Build and execute NodeJS/java functional and performance test plans
  • In depth knowledge of the technical environment/ tools (e.g., user environment, applications, software, hardware, programming languages and operating systems)
  • NodeJS
  • JAVA/J2EE
  • DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, MongoDB
  • JBOSS and JBPM
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server (v6.1/7/8), IHS HTTP Server and WAS HTTP-Plugin configuration
  • JEE Standards and Specifications, REST/API, SOA, Web Services (WSDL, XML, XSD, SOAP), and UML Modeling
  • Struts, JSP and Spring
  • GIT (Code Management)
  • RAD, Eclipse and Brackets
  • Effective time and task management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent deliverables
  • Ability to code, debug, research, analyze and problem-solve development issues
  • Knowledge of business/ organization, Bank standards, infrastructure, architecture and technology in related areas from a design/ support/ solutions perspective
  • Strong customer orientation and a professional approach with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization
  • Demonstrated ability to grasp and translate technical concepts, think independently, and take the initiative required to resolve issues in a team structure
  • Self-motivated team player with high energy and ability to work independently as well as within a team
  • A positive can-do attitude with openness to promoting knowledge sharing
  • Role is based out of Mississauga although occasional travel to Toronto is required
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Technical/Trade/Business School certificate
  • College diploma / certificate (2 year)
  • Bachelor’s degree

  • Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business.
  • Learn voraciously, stretch your thinking, share your knowledge and educate others.
  • Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.
  • Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.
  • Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.
  • Embrace change and witness amazing things happen – from the inside.
  • Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth, TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance
  • U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance U.S., and an investment in TD Ameritrade
  • Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities.