Director of Quality Engineering

Director Quality Engineering

Business Overview

TD Securities ("TDS") Technology supports a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government, and financial institution ("FI") clients through Global Transaction Banking ("GTB"), Corporate and Investment Banking ("CIB"), and Global Markets ("GM"). The firm works with clients around the world, focusing selectively and strategically on key global financial centers: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London, Singapore, and Tokyo.

Job Summary

About the Role: Reporting to the Managing Director of Transaction Banking, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Engineering Lead to drive the strategic direction and hands-on implementation of automation frameworks within Global Transaction Banking technology. This role demands a solid foundation in software engineering practices, automation architecture, and deep experience across the software development lifecycle in a high-performance, regulated financial environment. Key Responsibilities: Lead and mentor a team of seasoned software engineers focused on automation engineering best practices.

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable, and extensible automation frameworks using Java, Spring Boot, TestNG, Cucumber, and RestAssured.
• Drive automation-first strategy across functional, integration, and regression layers within complex backend and UI systems.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of validation layers into CI/CD pipelines using modern automation tooling.
• Own and govern end-to-end automation lifecycle including design, coding, execution, reporting, and maintenance of test suites across services and APIs.
• Continuously improve code quality, performance metrics, and reliability benchmarks through deep understanding of engineering and testing principles.
• Contribute to internal frameworks and tools as a principal engineer, applying clean code, SOLID principles, and advanced software design patterns.
• Advocate for best-in-class engineering practices and guide teams in maintaining consistency, traceability, and reliability across complex domains.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 12 - 15+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering and the ability to drive and lead SDET strategy, having hands-on experience setting up QE environments, building and leading a team of automation engineers from scratch
• 8+ years in QE automation focused on building automation platforms and tools
• The ability to set up CICD for Automation environment and manage the entire automation environment.
• At least 5 years in a technical lead or architect role managing senior-level engineers.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and industry-standard automation tools and libraries (e.g., TestNG, Cucumber, Selenium, Zephyr, RestAssured).
• Expert in building, optimizing, and maintaining automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Solid experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Exceptional understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and unit/integration testing practices.
• Demonstrated leadership in high-throughput, real-time systems within investment banking or other capital markets environments.
• Solid presentation skills
• A proven ability to operate in fast-paced, highly regulated enterprise settings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-native platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Exposure to performance testing tools and observability platforms.
• Background in Banking technology is a strong plus.

Education & Experience:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in science or finance required
• 12+ years related experience required
• Global Transaction Banking and Payment domain expertise required
• Demonstrated excellent management, organizational and leadership skills required
• A proven ability to manage large and complex projects simultaneously required
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written required
• Technical knowledge of technology in capital markets required

The Director - Tech Solutions TDS Management builds and maintains strong business relationship with assigned clients / internal partners and provides direction and guidance on optimal technology solutions/services to meet business needs. The position generally manages a varied team of IT professionals and bridges the gap between the business and technology, and leverages resources across functional or specialized technology areas to ensure end to end delivery of agreed upon solutions or services within planned forecasts / cost estimates. Role generally supports a significant Business area, Product Group, Enterprise Platform, Service or Capability within a Segment CIO or Functional area.

Depth & Scope:

• Role generally supports a significant business area, product group, Enterprise Platform, Service or Capability under a Segment CIO or technology functional area.
• Sets work direction at an operational level, works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business or technology leaders to establish and execute on common goals with a medium to longer term business perspective
• Expert knowledge of the business and bank technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, processes, applications) from a strategic perspective and managing/ directing teams and projects
• Sound knowledge of external competition, emerging, industry and/or market trends in relation to own business
• Integrator role that oversees various technology functions / resources to deliver business technical solutions or shared service
• Oversees a sizable and varied team of technology professionals (e.g., up to 50+ consisting of Application Developers, Solutions Designers, Business Systems Analysts, Specialists, and/or Project Managers) in the end to end delivery of complex projects, system enhancements / applications and/or application or service management
• Directs/manages large-scale applications/ projects across multiple product lines/ businesses, involving significant scope and complexity
• Understands strategic direction (including financials) and champions alliances to benefit the Bank and/or department; advocates for operational improvements to enhance the divisions value to the organization
• Role typically reports to an Executive role

Education & Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate.
• Graduate degree, preferred.
• 10+ years related experience.
• Expert knowledge of the business and bank technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, processes, applications) from a strategic perspective and managing/ directing teams and projects.
• Sound knowledge of external competition, emerging, industry and/or market trends in relation to own business.
• Understands strategic direction (including financials) and champions' alliances to benefit the Bank and/or department; advocates for operational improvements to enhance the divisions value to the organization.

Who We Are

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

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