Sr IT Lead Dev/Design Specialist (US)

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$123,680 - $200,200 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. 

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Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

The Senior IT Lead Development / Design Specialist provides oversight, consultative advice and guidance to others as the Lead Designer and/or top technical Development Specialist within the organization. Role also leads the future direction of development and design patterns to be used across multiple systems / complex applications / cross businesses and for new and emerging technology projects.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides technical guidance, direction or expertise to others as a Senior Specialist or top technical lead on significant and complex development / design issues that may impact transformational technology or cross business strategic initiatives
• Extensive understanding of the business supported and the overall Bank with deep expertise and specialized knowledge of technology concepts, technical environment, direction and related technology / tools
• Helps set bank standards on infrastructure, architecture and various other areas of technology from a design / support / solutions perspective
• Works in close partnership with technology COE leads in Architecture, Infrastructure, Security and/or third party / external vendor leadership teams in assessing development / solutions designs to meet transformational or strategic needs of the Bank

Education & Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
• Graduate degree, preferred
• 10+ years related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of hands-on senior development experience, with a strong track record of building developer accelerators to optimize and automate the PDLC including common frameworks, reusable utilities, CI/CD automation (Jenkins pipeline), and shift‑left quality and security capabilities.
• 10+ years of demonstrated expertise in modern engineering stacks, including containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/AKS), API gateway implementations, cloud‑native and event‑driven architectures, and practical application of AI/ML and GenAI to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.
• 10+ years of experience with Rest APIs with modern Java frameworks like SpringBoot, intellij, JUnit, Git.
• 7+ years of experience with Event Streaming platform like Kafka.
• 10+ years of experience in Java development with strong knowledge of Object-Oriented principles.
• Strong technical knowledge (Engineering Mindset)

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 list