Software Engineer II; Mainframe

Overview

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $81,600 - $115,200 CAD

This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

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  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.

Department Overview

The Core Platform Party1 Product Group is responsible for maintaining & developing foundational applications that support TD's customer book of record. These systems manage customer demographic and relationship data, including customer-to-account relationships, contact permissions, Do Not Solicit preferences, and regulatory compliance.

Job Description:

TD's Core Platform Party1 Product Group is seeking a talented Software Engineer II to support mission-critical applications including CIF (Customer Link) , PRTCL (Party API ) and others. This role offers the opportunity to work on scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that underpin TD's customer data and regulatory compliance platforms

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer II with expertise in Host/Mainframe technology. This ideal candidate will have strong development skills and experience working in Host environments. You will play a key role designing, developing, and optimizing Party1 applications while ensuring scalability, security, and performance. Candidate will be responsible for providing technical leadership within POD.

• Lead and contribute to the design and development of scalable enterprise applications.
• Conduct root cause analysis and proactively present remediation options.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, development PODs, and technical teams to align solutions with application roadmaps.
• Estimate timelines and effort for design and development tasks.
• Identify risks and potential issues in solution approaches and use cases.
• Ensure designs leverage reusable components and align with business requirements.
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies, design discussions, and peer reviews.
• Adhere to TD's internal policies, technology control standards, and regulatory guidelines.
• Provide technical support for escalated incidents and outages.
• Create and maintain design and solution artifacts.
• Continuously identify and implement improvement opportunities.

Education:

• Undergraduate degree, Post Graduate degree or Technical Certificate
• Strong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering)
• Graduate degree nice to have

• Technical Skills
• 7+ Years of experience with Mainframe technology including Cobol, IMS, DB2, zOS and Endevor.
• Strong proficiency in IMS and DB2 database technology
• 7+ years of development and end to end design experience
• Experience with REST API
• Proficient with SDLC knowledge
• Architecture, Design and Development Experience
• Hands- on experience with Host development tools and frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with IMS and DB2, including SQL scripting.

• Experience in JAVA, REST API, Oracle, SQL Server Database
• Knowledge on Event Hub, Kafka or equivalent
• Experience with Azure cloud environments
• Familiar with observability tools like Datadog
• Experience with Autosys for jobs scheduling
• Experience working on Banking Domain Projects

• 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
• 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

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…