Job Summary

Job Description

What if you could use your technology skills to work on products that make an impact when it comes to delivering unforgettable client experiences? We’ve moved away from digitizing simple banking capabilities, to end-to-end transformation of our customers journeys. Our secret sauce is in how we collaborate to drive impact with a blend of our business and technology teams working seamlessly as one to bring innovations to market. We’re a team of resilient, collaborative people with a hunger for learning and delivering top-notch client experiences and we have our sights set on building the tech stack of the future with modern, flexible architecture by building once, and reusing across channels – how’s that for efficiency?

Between daily deployments and working on really cool stuff, we eat, sleep, and breathe agile — Build. Test. Learn. It’s our way of life, and we believe technical excellence and thoughtful design enhance this way of working. We are keenly motivated to step up to the plate and take ownership of our work: we do it with pride. We care deeply about the outcomes, but how we get there matters too.  That’s why we’re looking for talented individuals to join us on our journey to revolutionizing the digital financial industry. 

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

As the Senior Back End Developer, you’ll work as part of a small, autonomous, agile team to deliver both internal and external applications. We are looking for top notch software engineers who are great team players and obsessive about the quality of their code and delivered service. You’ll have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities within the RBC development community as learning and knowledge sharing will be second nature while applying your technical know-how to ensure that RBC is on the leading edge of development practices.

Backed by the might of our teams, you’ll have the tools and resources needed to achieve extraordinary results that render a significant impact extending beyond the boundaries of traditional engineering roles. If you’re a strong leader with proven experience evaluating industry best-of-class technical approaches—we have a spot for you on our team.

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 team’s 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? 

MUST HAVE:

B.S. degree in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g. EE, physics or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience.

+3 years experience with Java 8+ and Spring Framework (Spring Boot)

+2 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 AngularJS) 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

Experience working with BPMN tools like Camunda, Pega, or others

Experience in BDD and TDD methodologies

Working experience in one or more of:

Algorithm design and optimization

Large-scale systems

Parallel or distributed systems

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)

WHAT'S 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, fair compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who help 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

A world-class training program in financial services

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, 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:

2025-01-20

Application Deadline:

2025-02-04

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.
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