Director of Quality Engineering

Job description

**Work Location** :

New York, New York, United States of America

**Hours:**

40

**Line of Business:**

Technology Solutions

**Pay Detail:**

$180,000 - $240,000 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.

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.

**Job Description:**

**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, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

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**Additional Information:**
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD.

Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

**Colleague Development**
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed.

You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

**Training & Onboarding**
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

**Interview Process**
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview.

We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

**Accommodation**

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at USWAPTDO@td.com .

Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.
Federal law prohibits job discrimination based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability and genetic information.

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