Associate Director, Lead Software Developer - Halifax
About The Position
Join RBC's technology team at the forefront of enterprise engineering and agentic AI innovation. You'll take on a genuine technical leadership role, shaping architectural decisions, and building intelligent automation solutions that directly accelerate delivery and business outcomes. This is a rare opportunity to influence engineering culture at scale: driving CI/CD excellence, championing modern DevOps practices, and integrating cutting-edge LLM-based tools into real workflows. If you're energized by solving complex problems across the full stack, mentoring talented developers, and working where AI meets enterprise-grade engineering, this team is where that work is happening.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive full stack software development and/or automation engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical lead or team lead capacity
- Strong proficiency in Python or Java with demonstrated ability to architect complex, enterprise-grade systems
- Hands-on experience with agentic AI development, LLM integration, and prompt engineering - including tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or the OpenAI API
- Experience building RAG pipelines, autonomous agents, or AI-assisted developer workflows integrated into production engineering environments
- Deep experience with containerized applications, Kubernetes, and CI/CD platforms (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), including DevOps tooling such as Docker, Helm, and Terraform
- Proven ability to design and deliver automated testing frameworks and workflow orchestration solutions (e.g., Airflow, Selenium, Playwright, PyTest)
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures or messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience in financial services or a regulated industry, with exposure to security best practices and compliance requirements
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, or Grafana, and experience contributing to Agile/Scrum ceremonies and technical roadmaps
Responsibilities
- Lead 1-2 engineers initially, as technical team lead, providing code reviews, architectural direction, and hands-on delivery of full stack applications using modern technologies
- Design and build agentic AI workflows and LLM-integrated automation solutions that augment developer productivity and streamline business processes
- Architect and implement automated test suites (unit, integration, end-to-end) using frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, and PyTest to ensure software quality at scale
- Design, champion, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows, promoting DevOps best practices across engineering teams
- Build and optimize containerized microservices using Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and cloud-native architectures on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Mentor junior and intermediate developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and engineering standards adherence
- Collaborate with product management, QA, and infrastructure teams to align engineering efforts with business objectives and regulatory requirements
- Evaluate emerging technologies - particularly in the AI/ML and agentic automation space - and recommend adoption strategies to enhance platform capabilities
Benefits
- bonuses
- flexible benefits
- competitive compensation
- commissions
- stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact in technology transformation
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- A world-class training program in financial services and technology
- Flexible work/life balance options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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