Lead Engineering Manager – Compliance and Supervision Technology

Work Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Hours:

40

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Details:

We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

The Lead Engineering Manager role is responsible for leading the design, development, delivery, and operational support of technology solutions that enable regulatory compliance, surveillance, supervision, and control oversight functions.  This role combines people leadership, technology leadership, and delivery accountability across strategic regulatory and business initiatives.

This leader will drive the adoption of modern cloud-native architectures, big data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency and regulatory outcomes. The role partners closely with Compliance, Risk, Data, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and regulator-ready solutions.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams across multiple delivery streams.

• Establish engineering standards, development practices, and quality controls.

• Drive accountability for solution design, code quality, testing, deployment, and operational stability.

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development for developers, technical leads, and engineering managers.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence.

Technology Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of strategic Compliance and Supervision technology initiatives.

• Manage delivery roadmaps, capacity planning, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.

• Coordinate across product, architecture, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.

• Ensure solutions meet business objectives while adhering to enterprise architecture standards.

• Drive Agile delivery practices and continuous delivery methodologies.

Architecture & Solution Design

• Provide technical oversight for enterprise-scale distributed systems.

• Support API-driven, event-driven, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.

• Ensure integration between vendor platforms, proprietary systems, and enterprise data services.

• Review and approve solution designs for scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and security.

• Promote framework reuse and common platform capabilities across workstreams.

Regulatory & Control Alignment

• Ensure technology solutions support regulatory obligations, supervisory requirements, and compliance controls.

• Embed auditability, traceability, entitlement controls, evidencing capabilities, and monitoring into system designs.

• Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to translate regulatory requirements into technology solutions.

• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, remediation programs, and control assessments.

• Maintain awareness of evolving regulatory and industry expectations impacting compliance technology platforms.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience in back-end development technologies and frameworks, including:

  • Java RESTful services using Spring Boot

  • SQL and NoSQL databases

  • Message queue technologies, including Kafka

  • Event-based architecture

• Experience with big data technologies, data analytics, and AI.

• Hands-on experience with integration projects involving multiple systems and platforms.

• In-depth knowledge of data strategy, governance, and integration.

• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire teams.

• Ability to manage geographically distributed teams.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with keen attention to detail.

• Experience in driving technology strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives.

• Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in the industry.

• Strong experience leading Agile delivery at scale, with a focus on backlog execution, dependencies, continuous improvement, and outcomes.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Education & Experience:

• 10+ years of technology delivery and software engineering experience.

• 5+ years leading engineering teams in large-scale enterprise environments.

• Experience delivering regulatory, risk, compliance, surveillance, or supervisory technology solutions.

• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives and cross-functional teams.

• Experience operating within highly regulated financial services environments preferred.

• Knowledge of financial industry trade surveillance, market abuse monitoring and/or global markets domain experience, including trading lifecycles.

• Experience with big data and cloud technologies and architecture.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

Who We Are

TD Securities is one of the world's 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 95,000 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 investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

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. 

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 

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.