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Principal Data Engineer (US)

TD Bank


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 160160 - 240240
Posted: 24 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 21 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Work Location:

New York New York United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$160160 - $240240 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 candidates 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.

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

Depth & Scope:

  • Leading authority on data engineering concepts principals practices and standards
  • Thought leader on IT risk-based approaches to data engineering and on other domains in technology control / information security fields
  • Sets the direction and oversees the work of other Data Engineering professionals on complex highly-visible projects of significant profile strategic importance and enterprise impact to the bank
  • Establishes and leads Data engineering working groups to achieve goals that impact multiple Journeys and Platform
  • Provides consultative and strategic guidance to executive leadership
  • Engineering specialist assigned to work autonomously on high profile complex and high-risk technology initiatives with significant impact to the organization
  • Has a blend of skills in data engineering data management architecture solutions architecture application security and coding
  • Primarily works at the enterprise level
  • Typically reports to the data engineering practice owner

Education & Experience:

  • University or Graduate / post graduate degree in Data Management or related Computer Science or Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience
  • 15 years of relevant experience in field of specialization

Customer Accountabilities:

  • Responsible for advancing data engineering practices through processes and tools setting development and design standards at business unit and/or enterprise level
  • Executes on Data Engineering strategy as it relates to the introduction of tools automation and better delivery processes robust design practices adoption of new and better paradigms across Application Platform and Infrastructure
  • Leads the creation of solution options and ultimately a comprehensive end-to-end solution and coordinates relevant stakeholders as required to support development initiatives; following a (build it break it fix it mentality)
  • Responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design and acts as an application SME through the design and development lifecycle ensuring alignment with Architecture
  • Accountable for complex applications/ systems development programming / coding
  • Develops functional technical and user interface designs for an application / system that meets the defined requirements (business enterprise architecture direction system performance and development standards)
  • Consults on development of requirements and specifications and apply functional knowledge of business functions to design optimal software / systems
  • Reviews technical deliverables throughout detailed design and development phase to ensure quality adherence and identify gaps or redesign requirements as needed
  • Identifies recommends sources negotiates and implements improvements/ solutions (buy/build/reuse) to enhance customer experience availability and/or reduce cost in support of client needs
  • Works with Technology partners to define metrics and performance goals for the application
  • Identifies and addresses application and data issues and cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect application integrity
  • Researches/ analyzes business requirements to evaluate and recommend optimal solutions within business technology architecture; collects environment requirements for infrastructure implementation by analyzing the current system environment using technical tools and utilities
  • Works with Architects to ensure that environment modifications interact appropriately data conversion impacts are considered and other areas of impact are addressed and meet performance requirements of the project
  • Contributes to the advancement of the TD engineering practice through strong collaboration research analytic and problem-solving skills

Shareholder Accountabilities:

  • Leads coordination & and manages expectations with the technology work teams such as ITS ARE Architecture Enterprise Protect etc. to ensure overall delivery success
  • Performs or leads data analysis/investigations of complex issues/ test cases as part of UAT/PAT testing
  • Escalation points for post implementation activities during the warranty period
  • Approves code check-in/ check-out into source code repository as part of source code management
  • Leads coordination with ITS/ ARE teams to support code packaging & deployment (CI & CD) into higher environments
  • Is the lead participant in the design & architecture reviews or the application
  • Escalation points for service-now requests & other activities related to release management
  • Leads data engineering initiatives and capabilities data governance principles and how they apply across the organization
  • Leads design and implementation of enterprise/segment metadata management initiatives across the board with a wholistic mindset
  • Adheres & leads standard security coding practices to ensure application is free of most common coding vulnerabilities
  • Has oversight responsibility to ensure technical decisions technical risks and lessons learned are identified implemented and clearly documented
  • Protects the interests of the organization identifies and manages risks and escalates non-standard high-risk activities as necessary
  • Adheres to internal policies/procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines
  • Supports the Technology asset owner and the enterprise protect team for any matters related to risk management information security and audit
  • Leads initiatives on emerging trends/ developments and grows knowledge of the business related tools and techniques

Employee/Team Accountabilities:

  • Participates fully as a member of the team supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business quality innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
  • Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for Data engineering best practices and participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
  • Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grows knowledge of the business related tools and techniques
  • Participates in personal performance management and development activities including cross training within own team
  • Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
  • Actively mentors and enables team members by sharing knowledge and leveraging engineering best practices
  • Supports the team by providing guidance and proactively identifying and resolving issues
  • Leads motivates and develops relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships
  • Contributes to a fair positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
  • Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank both internally and/or externally

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

  • Domestic Travel Occasional
  • International Travel Never
  • Performing sedentary work Continuous
  • Performing multiple tasks Continuous
  • Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
  • Responding quickly to sounds Occasional
  • Sitting Continuous
  • Standing Occasional
  • Walking Occasional
  • Moving safely in confined spaces Occasional
  • Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) Occasional
  • Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) Never
  • Squatting Occasional
  • Bending Occasional
  • Kneeling Never
  • Crawling Never
  • Climbing Never
  • Reaching overhead Never
  • Reaching forward Occasional
  • Pushing Never
  • Pulling Never
  • Twisting Never
  • Concentrating for long periods of time Continuous
  • Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations Continuous
  • Reading writing and comprehending instructions Continuous
  • Adding subtracting multiplying and dividing Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we strive to make every interaction product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to foster deeper relationships ensure disciplined execution and build a simpler faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are client facing. 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 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. Learn more

Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll 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 youre 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.

Were 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 youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well 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 . Include your full name best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.


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