Principal Engineer

Principal EngineerWe're looking for a strategic technology leader who can shape the future of enterprise platforms and engineering practices. As a Principal Engineer, you'll provide deep technical expertise, influence senior leadership, and drive the design of scalable, reusable solutions that support evolving business priorities.In this role, you'll help treat platforms as products—establishing ownership, defining roadmaps, and driving adoption across the organization. You'll guide investment decisions by balancing business value, cost, risk, and delivery considerations while promoting engineering standards that improve consistency and quality across teams.This is an opportunity to make a broad impact by enabling large developer and business-user communities through modern platforms, tooling, and architecture strategies that advance the organization's technology capabilities.Work Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of AmericaHours: 40Pay Details: $148,720 - $223,080 USDTD 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.Line of Business: Technology SolutionsDepth & Scope:Recognized as an internal and external expert in specific domain(s) within the organization; Spends the majority of their time on technical issuesSets the direction and oversees the work of other IT professionals as assigned on complex, highly-visible engineering projects of significant profile, strategic importance, and enterprise impact to the BankRecognized as an internal expert within the broad engineering field and may have specialized expertise within multiple domainsProvides consultative and strategic guidance to executive leadershipEducation & Experience:Bachelor's or Graduate degreeStrong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering) or 15+ years relevant experiencePreferred Qualifications:Experience treating platforms or shared capabilities as productsExposure to managing reusable platforms or services with defined ownership, roadmaps, and adoption focus.Prioritization frameworks and decision support • Experience evaluating competing initiatives and balancing business value, cost, and delivery constraints.Architecture enablement and standards • Familiarity with driving consistency in delivery practices, documentation, or engineering standards across teams.Developer/platform ecosystem experience • Exposure to enterprise platforms and tooling that support large developer or business-user communities.Physical Requirements:Domestic Travel – OccasionalInternational Travel – NeverPerforming sedentary work – ContinuousPerforming multiple tasks – ContinuousOperating standard office equipment - ContinuousResponding quickly to sounds – OccasionalSitting – ContinuousStanding – OccasionalWalking – OccasionalMoving safely in confined spaces – OccasionalLifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – NeverLifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – NeverSquatting – NeverBending – NeverKneeling – NeverCrawling – NeverClimbing – NeverReaching overhead – NeverReaching forward – NeverPushing – NeverPulling – NeverTwisting – NeverConcentrating for long periods of time – ContinuousApplying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – ContinuousReading, writing and comprehending instructions – ContinuousAdding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – ContinuousThe 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.