TD bank

Principal Architect - Digital Assets & Tokenization

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17 days ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define scalable end-to-end architectures and strategic roadmaps for blockchain-enabled tokenization platforms.
  • Lead architecture governance through architectural decision records, stakeholder reviews, solution blueprints, and target-state designs.
  • Guide enterprise blockchain nodes, permissioned chains, public EVM and Layer 2 networks, and Blockchain-as-a-Service platforms.
  • Set direction for tokenized assets, smart contract standards, testing, formal verification, upgradeability, security audits, and release governance.
  • Establish frontend, backend, custody, key management, account abstraction, identity, transaction monitoring, and regulatory technology architecture.
  • Mentor developers and architects and partner with engineering leaders throughout delivery to maintain alignment with approved architectures.

Requirements

  • Production-grade Web3 or digital asset architecture leadership experience is required.
  • Proven experience taking live tokenization, real-world asset, or institutional crypto custody solutions from concept through production governance is required.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise EVM nodes and blockchain infrastructure platforms such as Hyperledger Besu, Kaleido, or Blockdaemon is required.
  • Experience integrating programmatic MPC wallet infrastructure such as DFNS, Fireblocks, or Turnkey is required.
  • Deep understanding of smart contract security risks, audit governance, and gas optimization tradeoffs is required.
  • Preferred qualifications include hands-on zk-SNARKs and zk-STARKs experience, tokenization deployments, FIX, Swift, ISO 20022, Web3 open-source contributions, Ethereum Improvement Proposals, and AWS or GCP cloud architecture or blockchain security certifications.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $150,000 - $200,000 CAD plus discretionary variable compensation.
  • Health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.
  • Regular development conversations, training programs, mentoring programs, online learning, and training and onboarding sessions.
  • Work location is Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a 37.5-hour work schedule.
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About TD bank

10,000+ employees

TD Bank Group provides retail and commercial banking, credit cards, mortgages, wealth management, insurance, and capital-markets services to consumers, businesses, and institutional clients. Headquartered in Toronto and founded in 1955, it operates across Canada and the eastern United States. The company generates revenue from interest income, fees, and trading activities and is publicly traded on the TSX and NYSE under the symbol TD.

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