TD Securities: Intern Tech Summer Programme 2024 (London)

Are you looking to fast-track your career in one of the world’s largest banking institutions?

Programme Dates: 24th June - 30th August (2024)
Graduation Year: 2025
Department: Technology
Role Type: Internship
Location: London

From the first day you join the TDS Technology internship program, you’ll be working as part of a global team at one of the world's largest banking institutions.

We are looking for under graduates (2nd year/ Penultimate year students) that thrive under pressure and can adapt to changing situations. You will also be required to work closely with colleagues from other divisions and other regions across TD Securities daily.
We have opportunities within the below divisions of the bank's regional technology team:

• FI e-Trading Development
• e-infrastructure KDB Development
• Pricing and Risk Development
• Model Documentation
• Production Engineering

Who TD is

TD Bank Group
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with more than 85,000 employees in offices around the world, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (TD). TD offers a full range of financial products and services more than 25 million customers worldwide through three key business lines:

• Canadian Retail including TD Canada Trust, Business Banking, TD Auto Finance (Canada), TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing and TD Insurance
• U.S. Retail including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance (U.S.), TD Wealth (U.S.) and TD’s investment in TD Ameritrade
• Wholesale Banking including TD Securities

TD Securities

TD 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 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 bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Inclusiveness

At TD, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we live and serve. Please let us know if you require accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, or other accommodation). We will work with you to meet your needs.

Generation Success is an award-winning social enterprise focused on empowering young people from all backgrounds to reach their career aspirations. We work with some of the largest corporations in the world to create opportunities for everyone, regardless of their circumstances. We have been entrusted to administer a fair and supportive recruitment process for this internship programme.

Who YOU Are

We are looking for non-final year students (graduating in 2025) who thrive under pressure and can adapt to changing situations. To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• A genuine interest in finance and technology.
• Experience in computer programming languages and concepts (e.g. Java, Javascript etc).
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A current degree programme in Maths, Computer Science, Engineering or Business Studies.
• A natural curiosity and interest in current affairs.
• Ability to work in a challenging environment across teams and regions and deliver accurate results under time pressure.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an emphasis on being a team player.
• A willingness to learn and demonstrate a growth mindset.
• Business-level fluency in English.
• Graduating in 2025.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in MS Office tools including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Data Analytics knowledge
• Intermediate Programming knowledge in Java:-
• Java coding and debugging
• Javascript experience (ideally React or other JavaScript frameworks like Angular, or Vue, etc)
• Additional skills
• Experience with BigData tech like Spark, Kafka, HDFS
• API design and/or GraphQL
• Familiarity with Cloud technologies and architectures.

Shared Commitments

Executives promote adherence to TDBG’s vision and purpose to be the better bank, and enrich the lives of customers, communities and colleagues. As part of the general management of their function, Executives are accountable to deliver against TD's five shared commitments:

• Think like a customer; provide legendary experiences and trusted advice
• Act like an owner; lead with integrity to drive business results and contribute to communities
• Execute with speed and impact; only take risks we can understand and manage
• Innovate with purpose; simplify the way we work
• Develop our colleagues; embrace diversity and respect one another