Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

Job Description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

Houseful is an RBC company working to make home ownership more accessible so that anyone can experience the financial, social, and emotional haven that home provides.

A new fintech category for home ownership, Houseful brings technology, industry expertise, and tech-enabled operations together with the consumer relationships, mortgage offerings, and expansive vision of RBC.

Houseful has tools and expert advice for every stage of the journey, helping Canadians feel at home in home ownership. Working at Houseful is a rare combo of the resources and security of a large bank (RBC Canada), while maintaining the small team, fast movement, and high autonomy of a tech startup

At Houseful Engineering, we highly value a thirst for learning, the ability to collaborate, and passion for our customers.

We are excited to tackle hard technical problems. We take our responsibility seriously as we use technology to help our customers make important, sometimes life changing decisions.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Ship high quality, impactful, features for a growing and dynamic set of customers

Leverage the the data and technical resources of Canada's biggest bank to build a first in class experience

Be a key member of an agile scrum team coordinating with product and design counterparts to create and test new features to best serve our consumers needs and wants

Continuously advocate and build robust products to capitalize on dynamic business opportunities

Be thoughtful and advocate for our customers at every opportunity

Work with counterparts to establish and uphold an engineering culture of autonomy, creativity, and open feedback to allow continuous improvement

Mentor and be mentored by everyone around you to maintain a modern software environment

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have

Successful completion of solutions in JVM-based languages (Kotlin preferred) as well as Python

Strong experience with technologies such as message queues, kubernetes, terraform, SQL and no-SQL datastore, and caching

Proven track record delivering solutions to complex problems such as identity, search, and empowering engineering teams through building platforms

Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, continuous deployments, and AWS or similar technology

Demonstrated ability to work closely with development and product teams to brainstorm, design, and implement new features

Nice-to-have :

Demonstrated ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers

Experience maintaining and evolving a high bar for technical best practices

Excellent and empathetic English written and verbal communication skills.

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available. Details to be discussed with the Hiring Manager.

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

Applications Architecture, Application Security, Cloud Computing, Critical Thinking, Data Architecture, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Industry Knowledge, Multi-Level Communication