Software Engineer ; Java Backend Developer

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

37.5

Technology Solutions

$69,700 - $98,400 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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• Architect and deliver scalable applications and services, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with technology partners and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet requirements, technical direction, and business goals.
• Develop new features, perform unit/component testing, and provide technical leadership in implementing and integrating backend and API solutions.
• Analyze requirements and propose pragmatic solutions, using sound engineering judgment and aligning to best practices and architecture standards.
• Ensure Azure cloud deployment, EDP pipeline usage, and automation tooling are seamlessly integrated into the development process.
• Provide technical support during incident management, assist with troubleshooting, debugging, and root cause analysis across the stack.
• Document and verify system components, design technical specifications, and maintain detailed documentation for APIs, infrastructure, and business logic.
• Support innovation by quickly prototyping (POC) new technologies and frameworks when required.
• Adhere to enterprise frameworks and software engineering methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external policies, standards, and quality requirements.
• Participate in identifying and recommending automation, testing, and deployment solutions that drive efficiency and reusability.
• Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement within engineering practices.
• Conduct meaningful technical analysis, provide actionable recommendations, and support effective decision-making.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure maintainability, security, and operational readiness of delivered solutions.
• Monitor service and productivity levels, implement performance improvements where opportunities exist.
• Manage resource requirements and assignment, ensuring project milestones are met and monitoring to keep projects on schedule and within budget
• Protect the interests of the organization - identify and manage risks, and elevate non-standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
• Actively mentor and coach junior developers, share knowledge, and support a culture of growth and learning.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and innovative work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Keep current on emerging trends, technologies, and best practices, and encourage continuous learning across the team.
• Participate in personal development and cross-training, supporting performance management and team building.
• Demonstrate strong communication and documentation skills, and support knowledge transfer within and across teams.
• Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with backend frameworks (Java, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, Springboot & Kafka ), languages (Java), and cloud (Microsoft Azure, EDP pipelines).
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (Angular, React) and integration with backend APIs.
• Proficiency with build and automation tools (Maven, Pip), containerization (Docker), caching (REDIS), and Linux environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing RESTful APIs.
• Ability to quickly proof-of-concept (POC) new technologies and approaches.
• Experience designing and programming relational databases.
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