What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of US Software Engineering Practice (US) position at TD?
Work Location:
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
Hours
40
Pay Details
$250,000 - $275,000 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
Technology Solutions
Job Description
The Head of U.S. Software Engineering is a transformational technology leader responsible for driving engineering excellence, modernization, cloud and platform strategy, API engineering, AI-enabled software delivery, and large-scale technology transformation across the enterprise.
This leader oversees a multidisciplinary organization spanning Software Engineering, API Engineering, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, and Engineering Enablement, partnering closely with Technology, Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Security, and Business leaders to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and reusable technology capabilities that accelerate business outcomes
Depth & Scope
Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%
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 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. 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.
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 USWAPTDO@td.com. Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
Hours
40
Pay Details
$250,000 - $275,000 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
Technology Solutions
Job Description
The Head of U.S. Software Engineering is a transformational technology leader responsible for driving engineering excellence, modernization, cloud and platform strategy, API engineering, AI-enabled software delivery, and large-scale technology transformation across the enterprise.
This leader oversees a multidisciplinary organization spanning Software Engineering, API Engineering, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, and Engineering Enablement, partnering closely with Technology, Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Security, and Business leaders to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and reusable technology capabilities that accelerate business outcomes
Depth & Scope
- Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
- Oversees software engineering and API development teams
- Sets the strategic direction, overseeing the development of software solutions, managing the API lifecycle, and driving the adoption of best practices across the organization
- Establishes and maintains a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement and drive the development of scalable, high-performance software solutions that meet customer needs and deliver business value
- Oversees the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment
- Ensures the adoption of industry best practices in software engineering, such as agile methodologies, DevSecOps
- Drives the use of modern software technologies and development frameworks, ensuring software systems are robust, secure, and scalable
- Ensures that APIs are designed, developed, and maintained with best practices around security, scalability, versioning, and performance
- Defines API standards, governance, and documentation to ensure consistency and reliability across the organization
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 15 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 7 years in a leadership role overseeing software and API development teams
- Proven hands on experience with API architecture, design, development, and management, including RESTful services, SOAP, and GraphQL, Kafka, Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.JS, SpringBoot, Swagger, Postman, Oracle
- Strong understanding of API security (OAuth, JWT)
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, API Gateway)
- Expertise in modern software engineering practices, tools, and technologies (e.g., cloud computing, microservices, containerization, CI/CD, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with agile development methodologies and tools (Scrum, Jira, etc.)
- Familiarity with modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
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
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 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. 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.
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 USWAPTDO@td.com. Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.
Salary : $250,000 - $275,000