Software Developer

Job Description

What's the opportunity?

We're looking for a motivated Software Engineer to help design, build, and support enterprise AI services at RBC. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your software engineering skills, learn from experienced engineers, and contribute to production AI infrastructure that supports meaningful business and customer outcomes.

Your responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the development, testing, and maintenance of AI services under the guidance of senior engineers

• Building reliable APIs, backend services, and integration components that support AI and ML applications

• Learning and applying software engineering best practices, coding standards, and secure development principles

• Participating in code reviews, design discussions, and team ceremonies to improve technical understanding and delivery quality

• Collaborating with infrastructure, platform, and ML teams to support reliable AI systems across cloud and on-premise environments

• Writing unit tests, integration tests, and documentation to support maintainable and high-quality software

• Troubleshooting defects, supporting production issues, and learning observability practices such as logging, monitoring, and alerting

• Growing practical experience with modern engineering tools, cloud platforms, containerization, and AI service development

You're our ideal candidate if you have:

• 0-2 years of software engineering experience, including internships, co-op placements, academic projects, or equivalent practical experience

• Foundational understanding of software development principles, data structures, algorithms, and object oriented or functional programming concepts

• Hands-on experience with Python, Golang, Java, or similar programming languages

• Familiarity with REST APIs, backend services, databases, and version control using Git

• Interest in AI, machine learning, model serving, data platforms, or building software that enables AI-powered applications

• Basic understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, and container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes

• Willingness to learn secure coding practices, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and production support processes

• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and ability to ask thoughtful questions

• Good communication skills and a collaborative mindset when working with engineers, product teams, and cross-functional partners

• Commitment to continuous learning and developing technical depth in enterprise software engineering

What's in it for you?

• Become part of a team that thinks progressively and works collaboratively. We care about seeing each other reach full potential

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock options where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact from a local-to-global scale

About RBC Borealis

RBC Borealis is the driving force behind Royal Bank of Canada's AI and data innovation. As part of Canada's largest financial institution, we bring together a team of architects, engineers, scientists, and product experts on a mission to revolutionize finance through world-class research, solutions, and a resilient data platform. With locations across Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver, we're at the forefront of AI research and platform development. With a focus on cutting-edge research in areas like time

series forecasting, causal machine learning, and responsible AI, we are seamlessly integrating AI research and data engineering to solve critical challenges in the financial industry. We are building intelligent and scalable, data-driven solutions that will help communities thrive and drive innovation for our customers across the bank.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

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Job Skills

Active Learning, CI/CD, Containerization, Engineering Practices, Python (Programming Language), Software Development, SQL Databases

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:

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-27

Application Deadline:

2026-08-28

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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