Lead UI Engineer

Work Location: London, United Kingdom Hours: 35 Line of Business: Technology Solutions 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: Job Description: Lead UI Engineer – Compliance and Supervision Technology Summary: We are seeking a Lead UI Engineer to join Compliance & Supervision Technology in TD Securities. The role sets the front-end direction for the applications that Compliance and Supervision teams rely on every day to review alerts, investigate activity, and evidence their controls. The role works across Compliance & Supervision for Global Markets. You will own UI architecture, engineering standards, and front-end quality for a growing suite of applications, including a single compliance desktop that brings surveillance alerts, case work, search, and MI reporting into one place. You will lead UI engineers across locations and act as the bridge between compliance users, product owners, UX, and backend architects. The role partners closely with Compliance, Risk, Data, and Business stakeholders to deliver fast, reliable, secure, and regulator-ready user experiences. Responsibilities: Engineering Leadership - Build and lead a high-performing front-end engineering team across multiple locations and delivery streams. - Set and own UI engineering standards, coding conventions, and code and design review practices. - Own the front-end delivery roadmap, turning business needs into a plan the team can deliver. - Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development to UI engineers in the team. - Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence. UI Architecture & Design - Set the front-end architecture for the compliance application suite, including micro-frontends, shared container applications, and a common component library. - Define state management strategy, data contracts, and performance budgets across applications. - Design real-time user interfaces that stream alert, trade, and market data using WebSockets or server-side streams. - Deliver high-volume, data-dense grids (AG-Grid client-side and Server-Side Row Model) that stay responsive at scale. - Partner with backend architects on REST/GraphQL API design, protocols, and data contracts so front-end and services stay aligned. - Lead the modernisation of legacy and end-of-life user interfaces onto a modern React and TypeScript stack. Quality & Delivery - Own the end-to-end front-end test automation strategy and governance across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. - Build automated regression into CI pipelines to reduce manual QA effort and raise release confidence. - Use observability tooling to monitor production behaviour, performance, and user experience. - Drive Agile delivery practices, backlog refinement, and estimation with product and UX. Regulatory & Control Alignment - Ensure user interfaces support regulatory obligations, supervisory workflows, and compliance controls. - Build auditability, entitlement-aware views, and evidencing into the user experience so every review decision is recorded and traceable. - Ensure front-end solutions meet enterprise standards for security, accessibility, and data protection. - Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, remediation programs, and control assessments. Required Skills: - Extensive hands-on front-end engineering experience with React and TypeScript. - Proven experience leading UI teams and owning front-end architecture for enterprise or trading applications. - Strong state management experience using Redux / Redux Toolkit, RxJS, React Query, Zustand or similar. - Must have experience building real-time, data-dense UIs using WebSockets/streaming and AG-Grid or similar at scale. - Must have experience defining and governing test automation strategy using Playwright, Cypress, Jest or similar. - Experience integrating with REST and GraphQL (Apollo) APIs and agreeing data contracts with backend teams. - Experience with micro-frontend architectures and shared component libraries. - Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with keen attention to detail. - 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 work directly with business users, product, UX, and engineering. - Demonstrate leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire teams. - Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. - undefined - Nice to have:Experience modernising legacy business or trading UIs (e.g. WPF, Silverlight, end-of-life platforms) to React.Experience with Node.js and backend-for-frontend patterns.Experience with observability tools such as Datadog or Splunk, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.Experience with CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Webpack or similar.Experience with tools like SonarQube, Veracode or similar.Experience with design systems, Tailwind, and accessibility standards (WCAG).Ability to work across geographically distributed teams.Experience operating within highly regulated financial services environments.Knowledge of capital markets (trading, risk, clearing) and/or trade surveillance and market abuse monitoring.undefinedEducation & Experience:12+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years focused on front-end engineering.5+ years leading front-end engineering teams in large-scale enterprise or capital markets environments.Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. 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.