Solution Architect

Job Description

The Global Corporate Banking Technology team, part of RBC's Capital Markets Quantitative and Technology Services (QTS) division, is seeking an accomplished Solution Architect to drive the modernization of operational business processes across RBC Capital Markets. In this role, you will define technical direction, establish architectural standards, and provide strategic guidance that shapes how our development teams build solutions. You'll partner with senior stakeholders across QTS, Corporate Banking, Global Credit, Commercial, Risk, Finance, and Wealth Management to translate complex business requirements into scalable, enterprise‑grade architectures. Your technical leadership will ensure alignment with organizational standards and long‑term technology vision while bridging the gap between business needs and development execution. You'll be instrumental in driving technical excellence and innovation across our entire portfolio.

What Will You Do?

• Design, architect and code scalable, enterprise‑grade solutions that establish patterns for reuse across the organization.
• Drive technical vision and influence cross‑functional teams on next‑generation front‑end and back‑end development strategies.
• Identify architectural improvements and optimization opportunities that accelerate project delivery and business value realization.
• Develop proof‑of‑concept solutions and prototypes to validate architectural approaches with stakeholders and business partners.
• Establish architectural standards and frameworks that enable development teams to build robust, maintainable solutions with confidence.
• Define and implement reusable design patterns, microservices architectures, common components, and technical frameworks.
• Champion continuous integration and delivery best practices to enhance code quality, deployment frequency, and system reliability.
• Guide and mentor developers through complex technical decisions and architectural implementation.

What Do You Need To Succeed?

Must Have:

• Strong programming experience and providing technical leadership on modern .NET Core and C# development practices, async patterns, dependency injection, and Entity Framework Core implementations with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Development experience building dynamic and responsive UI(s) using REACT, establishing React front‑end architecture standards, including state management, component design, and performance best practices.
• Strong experience architecting and guiding microservices implementations, including service decomposition, inter‑service communication patterns, and distributed transaction handling.
• Proven experience designing and implementing caching strategies across the technology stack, including distributed caching, cache invalidation patterns, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated experience leading GraphQL adoption and architecture, including schema design, resolver patterns, federation strategies, and query optimization.
• Strong experience defining DevOps practices and deployment architectures, including containerization with Docker and CI/CD pipeline design for microservice environments.
• 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.
• Self‑motivated – driven to get results, takes initiative and needs minimum oversight.

Nice-to-Have:

• Capital Markets Lending (Origination, Limit Management, Servicing) domain knowledge / experience is a strong plus.
• Experience working with a geographically diverse team, leading the adoption of architectural principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with UI/UX design and implementations using Material UI.
• Experience working in an agile environment.

What’s In It For You?

• 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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