Job Description

Job Summary

Participates in and supports the operational activities of a business unit. Applies experience and complete working knowledge of the job and policies/practices to perform a combination of routine tasks and varied administrative/operational assignments.



Please note: This posting is for a 4-month Student Summer 2024 placement with a start date of May 2024 and end-date of August 2024. In order to be eligible for this 4-month Student position, you must either:

Be returning back to school after the work term end-date of August 2024; or

If you are not returning back to school (i.e. are graduating in April/August 2024), but you require the work term as a mandatory component to in order to graduate successfully.

Please ensure that you meet these eligibility requirements before applying - candidates who apply but are found to be ineligible are not able to be considered.

What is the opportunity?

The opportunity is to be a part of the Solution Acceleration & Innovation (SA&I) team within Personal and Commercial Banking. The SA&I team strives to position RBC as a Global Leader in Innovation with a focus on emerging opportunities and technologies. The team builds new products and capabilities, with a primary focus on decentralized technologies, payments & loyalty, privacy & security, and applied AI. We are a multi-disciplinary team with workspaces in Toronto, ON and Orlando, FL. Our team consists of cutting-edge technology strategists, security and payments experts, developers, and designers. This allows us the ability to not only generate a product concept but to also develop and launch products in market.

We are actively seeking interns for our Fall 2023 Internship Program, based in Toronto, ON. The program is a great opportunity to gain valuable work experience to compliment your education. As a development Intern you will apply your expertise & deep knowledge of application development and experience in engineering methods to participate in the coding/development of mobile applications within SA&I. The outcomes of your work will contribute to the development or completion of Proof of Concept prototypes, along with development of features for Production apps that will be customer facing. This includes learning sessions, social outings, career development, networking opportunities, exposure to executive leadership and more.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with peers to develop code in line with strategic initiatives, as well as develop, troubleshoot, enhance, and document components, as per the requirements and detailed design
• Preferred skills include knowledge of application technologies such as: OOP, GIT, SQL, C#, Java, etc.
• Translate requirements into functional specifications, and coordinate design phases, while identifying, tracking, and resolving technical issues
• Create and review technical design documents, understand how the design will be used in the code development process, and facilitate meetings to design, troubleshoot, and execute projects
• Participate in walkthrough reviews of technical specifications, programs, code, and unit test plans
• Conduct thorough unit testing, often developing and leveraging automated unit testing frameworks, and improve performance of single functions through performance tuning
• Plan design/implementation activities, ensure technical solution quality, provide third-level support for various technologies, and drive technical platform evolution and improvements
• Present technical topics at regular meetings and manage low-level planning of work packages
• Estimate activities/tasks required to perform design, coding, and unit testing

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Currently enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary institution in a Masters program in engineering, technology or IT
• Leadership acumen and a passion to apply it in a dynamic business environment
• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast paced environment
• Strong MS Office skills \xe2\x80\x93 Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience or understanding of programming languages, databases, platforms, frameworks, design techniques and tools, code management tooling, and/or web technologies

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Ability to hand-code all components, as well as Cross Browser development experience
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) \xe2\x80\x93 Agile, Waterfall, and Iterative methods

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work and make a difference
• Opportunities to building close relationships

Job Skills Communication, Computer Literacy, Detail-Oriented, Interpersonal Relationships, Listening Effectively, Personal Development, Taking Initiative

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: Personal and Commercial Banking

Job Type: Student/Coop (Fixed Term)

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2023-12-29

Application Deadline: 2024-01-10

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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