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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.\nAs 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.\nJob Description:\nTD 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.\nWith more than 6,900 professionals operating out of 32 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. 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 banks.\nWe are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.\nBusiness Unit Overview\nThe Quantitative Engineering and Development (QED) team is a front-office quantitative technology and analytics group within TD Securities that supports the Global Equity Derivatives business. The team develops and enhances pricing models, risk analytics, trading tools, and automation solutions that enable efficient execution, risk management, and client service across a broad range of derivatives products. Working at the intersection of quantitative finance, software engineering, and capital markets, QED partners with trading, sales, structuring, and technology teams globally to deliver innovative solutions that advance the firm's analytical capabilities and support business growth.\nJob Description\nGlobal Equity Derivatives (GED) is seeking a highly motivated Front Office Quant Engineer to design, develop, and maintain technology solutions that enhance the productivity and effectiveness of our trading and sales teams.\nThis role sits directly within the front office and focuses on building automation, workflow solutions, analytics platforms, and intelligent systems that streamline day-to-day business activities. The successful candidate will work closely with traders, salespeople, quantitative analysts, and technology teams to identify opportunities for automation and deliver scalable solutions that improve decision-making and operational efficiency.\nThe Front Office Quant Engineer will serve as a force multiplier for the trading and sales desks, leveraging technology, automation, quantitative analysis, and AI-driven solutions to enable business users to focus on higher-value activities while reducing manual effort, operational complexity, and time-to-market.\nThe role combines software engineering, quantitative analysis, and financial markets expertise. While the primary focus is technology development and process automation, the successful candidate must possess a solid understanding of quantitative methods, financial modeling concepts, and derivatives products. The individual should be comfortable working with existing pricing and risk models, developing analytical tools, and contributing to model-related initiatives when needed.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, and maintain applications, services, and tools used by front-office trading and sales teams.\nAct as a force multiplier for the trading and sales desks by delivering technology solutions that improve productivity, scalability, and business effectiveness.\nIdentify manual, repetitive, or operationally intensive workflows and implement automation solutions.\nDevelop AI-powered tools, prompt frameworks, intelligent agents, and workflow solutions that improve productivity and reduce operational burden.\nPartner directly with traders, salespeople, and quants to understand business challenges and rapidly deliver solutions.\nBuild and maintain both frontend and backend applications, including user interfaces, APIs, data services, and analytics platforms.\nDevelop quantitative and analytical tools that support pricing, risk management, trade analysis, and business decision-making.\nWork with pricing, risk, and market data models, ensuring a strong understanding of their assumptions, limitations, and practical implementation.\nIntegrate applications with market data, risk, trading, and reference data systems.\nDesign scalable, maintainable, and reliable systems suitable for a front-office environment.\nChampion software engineering best practices, testing, code quality, and operational excellence.\nEvaluate emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions, for practical application within the business.\nJob Requirements\nTechnical Skills\nStrong programming skills in Golang, Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, and SQL.\nExperience developing both frontend and backend applications.\nStrong understanding of software architecture, APIs, distributed systems, and modern application design.\nComfortable working in Linux environments with strong command-line skills, including shell scripting, CLI-based tooling, and editors such as VIM.\nFamiliarity with databases, messaging systems, data-processing pipelines, and real-time applications.\nExperience with source control, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices.\nExperience leveraging AI tools, prompt engineering, large language models (LLMs), agentic workflows, and automation technologies.\nStrong focus on user experience (UX) and building intuitive, highly effective business applications.\nQuantitative and Financial Knowledge\nStrong quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills.\nUnderstanding of quantitative modeling concepts and the practical application of financial models.\nFamiliarity with option pricing, risk measurement, derivatives analytics, or related quantitative techniques.\nAbility to understand, analyze, and work with pricing and risk models used within a trading environment.\nUnderstanding of financial markets, capital markets products, and trading workflows.\nKnowledge of equity derivatives, structured products, or related asset classes is preferred.\nProfessional Skills\nStrong analytical and problem-solving abilities.\nExcellent communication skills with the ability to interact directly with traders, salespeople, quants, and technology professionals.\nDemonstrated ability to translate business requirements into practical technology solutions.\nAbility to operate effectively in a fast-paced front-office environment.\nProven ability to identify inefficiencies and drive process improvements through technology, automation, and innovation.\nStrong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.\nAbility to work independently, take ownership of initiatives, and deliver results with minimal supervision.\nCuriosity and willingness to continuously learn new technologies, tools, and business concepts.\nPreferred Qualifications\nUndergraduate or postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Finance, or a related quantitative discipline.\nExperience in investment banking, capital markets, financial technology, electronic trading, or quantitative development environments.\nExperience building workflow automation, AI-enabled productivity solutions, and business intelligence applications.\nExperience working with market data, pricing systems, risk systems, and trading platforms.\nKnowledge of cloud technologies, containerization, and modern deployment practices.\nWho We Are:\nTD 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.\nTogether, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.\nOur Total Rewards Package\nOur 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\nAdditional Information:\nWe’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.\nPlease 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.\nColleague Development\nIf 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.\nIf 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.\nWe'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.\nTraining & Onboarding\nWe will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.\nInterview Process\nWe’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. 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