Equity Finance Engineering Manager

Royal Bank of Canada • New York, NY

11h • $210,000 - $275,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly technical hands-on Engineering Development Manager for Equity Finance to lead the design, development, and delivery of next generation equity swaps, synthetic prime application. The successful candidate will be deeply hands-on, capable of architecting and writing production-grade code for highly complexity software development activities, leading the design, implementation, and optimization of application services and platforms, while driving strategic initiatives. The role requires someone who leads from the front technically, not purely through delegation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in one of the areas of equity finance, synthetic prime brokerage, delta one.
• 10+ years of expert-level java, spring boot, distributed cache (Redis) building large scale trading applications.
• Deep understanding of Prime brokerage and Delta One products: equity swaps, futures, forwards, TRS, ETF mechanics, stock lending / securities finance
• Demonstrated ability to write, review, and take full ownership of production code — this is not a role for someone who only directs others to write code
• Strong foundation in numerical methods, linear algebra, and financial mathematics
• Java, Radis, Solace, Kafka, databases, distributed processing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with equity swaps trading application build out or integration with a equity swaps vendor platform such as Swap One, Nuvo Prime or internal build.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement low-latency, high-performance for highly complexity software development activities, leading the design, implementation, and optimization of application services and platforms.
• Build position management, trade life cycle management for Delta One products (equity swaps, futures, forwards, ETFs, synthetic financing)
• Own the full software development lifecycle: system design, implementation, code review, testing, performance profiling, and production release
• Interface with other technical teams within Equity Finance, middle office, and back office to integrate with applications.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards: code review culture, unit/integration testing frameworks CI/CD pipelines, and documentation practices
• Define the technical architecture of the analytics platform, including service boundaries, data contracts, and API design
• Lead migration of legacy components to modern, maintainable architectures without disrupting production operations
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform engineering teams on compute, grid, and real-time data infrastructure
• Partner with trading desks, structuring, and risk management to translate business requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverables
• Work closely with quant research to productionise models; act as the bridge between research-quality prototypes and robust, testable production code
• Participate in hiring: define technical bars, conduct structured interviews, calibrate across the team
• Represent the analytics development function in cross-functional forums, steering committees, and senior stakeholder discussions

Benefits

• Competitive base, discretionary bonus, and long-term incentive participation commensurate with Director-level scope
• The Expected Salary Range For This Particular Position Is $210,000 - $275,000 Depending On Your Experience, Skills, And Registration Status, Market Conditions And Business Needs.
• You Have The Potential To Earn More Through Rbc's Discretionary Variable Compensation Program Which Gives You An Opportunity To Increase Your Total Compensation, Provided The Business Meets Its Performance Targets And You Meet Your Individual Goals.
• Rbc's Compensation Philosophy And Principles Recognize The Importance Of A Highly Qualified Global Workforce And Plays A Critical Role In Attracting, Engaging And Retaining Talent That: Drives Rbc's High-Performance Culture Enables Collective Achievement Of Our Strategic Goals Generates Sustainable Shareholder Returns And Above Market Shareholder Value

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed