Software Engineer (Java) – Front Office Pricing & Risk

Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
$126,800 - $164,100 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 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:

Corporate Profile

TD Bank Group Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with more than 85,000 employees in offices around the world, The Toronto‑Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (TD). TD offers a full range of financial products and services more than 25 million customers worldwide through three key business lines:

• Canadian Retail including TD Canada Trust, Business Banking, TD Auto Finance (Canada), TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing and TD Insurance
• U.S. Retail including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance (U.S.), TD Wealth (U.S.) and TD’s investment in TD Ameritrade
• Wholesale Banking including TD Securities

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.

We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Business Context:

The Transparency team is a Front Office development team responsible for building cross-asset pricing and risk systems, primarily focused on FICC derivatives. The team partners closely with Sales, Trading, and Quant teams to deliver applications that support pricing, risk, and electronic trading workflows globally.

This is a global team with engineers across Toronto, London, New York, and Singapore, working on systems critical to TD’s trading activities.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineer with strong Core Java fundamentals to join our pricing and risk services team.

This role is well suited for engineers who:

• Have solid backend development experience
• Are interested in financial markets and trading systems
• Want to grow their domain knowledge in pricing and risk
• You will work closely with business and quantitative teams to build scalable, high-performance services.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance backend services for pricing and risk systems using Java
• Collaborate with Sales, Trading, and Quant teams to implement business requirements
• Contribute to the design and delivery of scalable, reliable systems
• Support integration with downstream consumers (eTrading, analytics, etc.)
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and CI/CD practices
• Continuously learn and build understanding of financial products and trading workflows

Core Technical Skills (Required)

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong Core Java (JDK 11+) fundamentals
• Good understanding of:
• Object-oriented design
• Data structures and algorithms
• Multithreading/concurrency basics
• Experience building backend services or distributed systems
• Familiarity with REST APIs, messaging, or event-driven systems
• Experience with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

Nice-to-Have Technical Skills

• Python or other scripting languages
• Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Solace, Kafka, ZeroMQ)
• Frontend exposure (React/Angular)
• Performance tuning or low-latency systems

Business / Domain Knowledge

• Strong interest in financial markets and trading systems
• Ability to work closely with business users (Sales/Trading)
• Experience in Fixed Income, FX, Swaps, or Options
• Exposure to pricing or risk systems
• Familiarity with capital markets or electronic trading environments

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work in a collaborative, global team
• Eagerness to learn and grow in both technical and business domains

Technology Stack (Exposure Opportunity)

• Java 17+, Python
• React / Angular
• Messaging: Solace, ZeroMQ
• Distributed systems: Hazelcast
• Serialization: Protobuf / JSON / SBE
• Observability: Grafana / Graphite
• Linux (RHEL)

Why Join

• Work on front-office, business-critical systems
• Gain exposure to pricing, trading, and financial markets
• Collaborate directly with traders and quants
• Be part of a global engineering team
• Strong opportunity for learning and career growth

Additional Information

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:

• 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.
• Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.
• Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.
• Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.

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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 strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple. 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.

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

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 a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

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.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

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.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

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

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only): Sans Objet

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