Job Description

Job Summary

What is the Opportunity?
Our clients are unique and their digital banking experience should be one-of-a-kind. At RBC Digital, we want our clients to feel empowered when they interact with us. Were investing in technologies and data insights to evolve as our clients do. Weve joined our product, design and technology teams to collaborate to deliver an innovative personalized user experience. Being a part of our Digital Team means youll join a culture of creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning.
Were envisioning the future of banking and building the core platforms to support it. The RBC Digital Technology team is focused on understanding our clients needs to deliver scalable automated solutions. Our technologists design, develop and support the services we own. Were building a team who is not afraid to challenge the status quo; embraces innovation; and excited to bring a fresh perspective. Weve set out to simplify our clients interactions by building a unified platform, custom tailored to our clients needs.
Were looking for a talented and passionate Lead Back End Developer to join our team. Our team is designed to deliver products throughout the clients journey, not projects; each squad is setup for agility and continuous delivery, and then empowered with the autonomy to chart their own course to success. As an engineer you will work as part of a small, autonomous, agile team to deliver both internal and external applications; built on a modern hybrid cloud platform using the latest micro-services architecture. We believe in the power of working together, youll get to work with your peers, business partners and RBCs tech community and youll have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities. Join our team today and magnify your impact influencing the future of banking on a global scale.
What will you do?
You will be creating new services and customer-facing applications using the latest technologies which will shape the future of banking for RBC
Collaborate with other developers on the team to model and design new API interfaces.
Develop and support highly scalable, high performance APIs within an Agile development team
Ensure high code quality through automated unit and functional testing
Automate processes within the development pipeline; identify opportunities for efficiency gains and reducing time-to-market, and enabling continuous delivery
Design and develop code structures to promote reusability across many applications
Work within an Agile product team comprised of technical, product and business team members to deliver exceptional products.
Lead and mentor other developers to elevate the entire teams skillset and mindset. Coach others on the team and practice peer-programming.
Stay open-minded and look beyond your stack to solve complex problems
You will actively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges
Excellent communication including the ability to distill technical details into human terms
What do you need to succeed?
3+ years experience with JavaScript and Angular 11+
5+ years experience with Java 8+ and Spring Framework (Spring Boot) and/or NodeJS
5+ years experience developing distributed cloud applications (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Docker)
Hands on experience designing, developing, testing and troubleshooting RESTful API and interface specifications (Swagger, RAML, SOAP)
Experience working with DevOps pipelines (Git, Maven, Jenkins), continuous integration/delivery, automated testing (unit, functional, performance)
Experience working with security gateways and protocols (JWT, Oauth2.0, SSL Certificates)
Experience working within professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing
Experience with code merging and branching methodologies using Git and code release process.
Working knowledge of web-based application architectures and frameworks (including Angular or React) and the way it integrates with services.
Leverage Open Source technology and contribute to open source where possible
Experience supporting production-level software (Splunk, Dynatrace).
Solid experience with abstraction and applying it to learning new languages
Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate them in plain language
Nice-to-have:
Object Oriented coding practices, including strong design patterns knowledge, refactoring, clean code.
Experience working with Kafka, MySQL, Non-relational databases, Caching and
Experience in BDD and TDD methodologies
Working experience in one or more of:
o algorithm design and optimization
o large-scale systems
o parallel or distributed systems
o RDBMS and/or modern scale-out repositories (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
Experience building message driven architectures (Kafka)
Micro-service design and implementation (load balancing, discovery, resiliency)
Whats 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.
A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
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
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
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Job Skills Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
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: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS
Job Type: Regular
Pay Type: Salaried
Posted Date: 2025-03-19
Application Deadline: 2025-04-19
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
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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