Solutions Design IT Specialist

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5 Line of Business:
Technology Solutions Pay Details: $125,000 - $156,000 CAD 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.

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The TDS MIDAS team is seeking an experienced developer to lead application modernization, business‑as‑usual (BAU) development, and the delivery of new data pipeline initiatives. This role focuses on modernizing the existing technology stack and working closely with capital markets business partners to support critical internal users and processes. The MIDAS application is a core platform responsible for market data ingestion, validation and end‑of‑day reporting.

We are essential, highly available, with small tolerance for downtime.

• Develop:
  Design and implement changes across the application codebase and architecture, integrating application, backend, and TDS data infrastructure. This includes development in Java and Oracle 19c, as well as working with microservices and event‑driven technologies.
• Lead:
  Drive the modernization of the MIDAS platform, aligning it with TDS data strategy. Act as a primary technical partner to the Chief Data Office and Front Office stakeholders.
• Deploy:
  Own change and release management, including code reviews, merges, packaging, and production deployments.
• Govern:
  Partner with internal teams to ensure the application meets all required governance, risk, and compliance standards.
• Document:
  Produce clear, user‑friendly documentation for all processes and code. Promote strong documentation practices across the team and guide platform‑level documentation as the architecture evolves.
• Support:
  Provide reliable and timely L2/L3 application support for a business‑critical platform.
• Mentor:
  Support the growth and development of junior team members through guidance, knowledge sharing, and hands‑on mentorship.

• Experience with Java
• Experience with Oracle 19c
• Experience with Unix scripting
• Experience with Python is an asset
• Experience administrating application support

• Ability to communicate technical requirements, improvements, and defects clearly and concisely to business and technical partners.
• Works well in a team setting, collaborating both with project team and stakeholders.
• Ability to lead technical projects, creating design, assigning tasks, updating stakeholders.
• Experience taking initiative and collaborating with business partners to deliver technology solutions.

• Experience in Capital Markets
• Experience working on Agile Teams
• Experience with Databricks/Spark
• Experience with Kafka, Airflow
• Leads the creation of a comprehensive end-to‑end detailed solution with overall accountability for the technical design and delivery of the System Design Specification (SDS) and is largely focused on large‑scale, complex or enterprise projects. May also be accountable for complex programming /coding.

• CUSTOMER Responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design within SDS and act as an application SME through the design and development lifecycle ensuring alignment with Architecture
• May also be accountable for complex applications/systems development, programming /coding
• Lead the creation of solution options and ultimately a comprehensive end-to‑end solution and coordinate relevant stakeholders, as required to support development initiatives
• Provide estimates for new projects and initiatives for the development / design component of the overall…