Lead Software Developer

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Global Functions Technology (GFT) helps RBC functions & businesses achieve business objectives through app development & technology support. We’re also the center of excellence for employee social collaboration & mobile apps, and also build apps that support managing the risk of the bank. We’re building a team that embraces innovation and enthusiasm to bring a fresh perspective. We’ve been on journeys to build out high performing, highly resilient technology platforms that can grow with the continuous demands from Group Risk, Human Resources, Chief Administrative Office & Audit, Capital Markets, P&CB and Wealth.
We’re looking for talented and passionate Lead Software Developer to join our team. With a developer mind-set you will work as part of an agile team to deliver high performing applications built on cloud platforms with streaming technologies. We believe in continuous growth and expanding your capabilities. Join our team today and have a big impact influencing the strength of our advanced insight and analytics. This team is involved in several project scopes, so there are a variety of projects to get involved in!

What will you do?

• Lead, Develop and support highly scalable, high performance components 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
• Contribute in application design and develop code structures to promote reusability across many applications
• Be open-minded and look beyond your stack to solve complex problems
• Proactively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges
• Communicate effectively with peers and distil technical details into human terms

What do you need to succeed?
Must Have:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience delivering highly scalable, high performance applications with core skillsets including Java, J2EE, Spring / REST / Microservices, Linux and SQL
• Experience developing secure server side services leveraging the following APIs: Spring, Spring Batch/Boot/Integration, RESTful Webservices and Apache Data Utilities (JSON, Avro, CSV/PSV, Parquet).
• Experience in designing and building scalable, cloud-ready services following microservice architecture principles, lead and contribute during technical design discussions and requirement clarifications.
• Experience working with various caching technologies (Ignite/Redis etc.) and NoSQL/SQL databases
• Good knowledge on messaging/streaming technologies like MQ, Kafka etc.
• Experience using DevOps, CD/CI tools- Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, Automated Testing tools, or similar tools while collaborating with the software development team
• Ability to manage and closely work with team members including developers, business analysts and quality engineering.

Nice To Have:

• Experience in working with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark/Scala etc.)
• Experience in containerizing applications (Azure/OpenShift/AWS)
• Good knowledge of Gen AI tools and agentic engineering

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, 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
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Agile Software Development, Apache Log4j, Apache Tomcat, Application Integrations, Apps Development, Collaboration, Continuous Delivery, Detail-Oriented, Development Experience, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, Git, Group Problem Solving, Java, Programming Languages, RESTful Web Services, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Solutions, Spring Batch, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Unix, Web Services

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST 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:

2026-05-01

Application Deadline:

2026-05-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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