Sr IT Lead Dev/Design Specialist (US)

TD Bank•Mount Laurel, NJ

About The Position

The Senior IT Lead Development / Design Specialist provides oversight, consultative advice and guidance to others as the Lead Designer and/or top technical Development Specialist within the organization. Role also leads the future direction of development and design patterns to be used across multiple systems / complex applications / cross businesses and for new and emerging technology projects. Depth & Scope: Provides technical guidance, direction or expertise to others as a Senior Specialist or top technical lead on significant and complex development / design issues that may impact transformational technology or cross business strategic initiatives Extensive understanding of the business supported and the overall Bank with deep expertise and specialized knowledge of technology concepts, technical environment, direction and related technology / tools Helps set bank standards on infrastructure, architecture and various other areas of technology from a design / support / solutions perspective Works in close partnership with technology COE leads in Architecture, Infrastructure, Security and/or third party / external vendor leadership teams in assessing development / solutions designs to meet transformational or strategic needs of the Bank

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
10+ years related experience
Strong technical knowledge (Engineering Mindset)
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
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

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree, preferred
10+ years of hands-on senior development experience, with a strong track record of building developer accelerators to optimize and automate the PDLC including common frameworks, reusable utilities, CI/CD automation (Jenkins pipeline), and shift‑left quality and security capabilities.
10+ years of demonstrated expertise in modern engineering stacks, including containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/AKS), API gateway implementations, cloud‑native and event‑driven architectures, and practical application of AI/ML and GenAI to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.
10+ years of experience with Rest APIs with modern Java frameworks like SpringBoot, intellij, JUnit, Git.
7+ years of experience with Event Streaming platform like Kafka.
10+ years of experience in Java development with strong knowledge of Object-Oriented principles.

Responsibilities

Provides technical guidance, direction or expertise to others as a Senior Specialist or top technical lead on significant and complex development / design issues that may impact transformational technology or cross business strategic initiatives
Extensive understanding of the business supported and the overall Bank with deep expertise and specialized knowledge of technology concepts, technical environment, direction and related technology / tools
Helps set bank standards on infrastructure, architecture and various other areas of technology from a design / support / solutions perspective
Works in close partnership with technology COE leads in Architecture, Infrastructure, Security and/or third party / external vendor leadership teams in assessing development / solutions designs to meet transformational or strategic needs of the Bank

Benefits

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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