Lead Developer, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Jersey City, NJ

RBC•Jersey City, NJ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lead Risk platform delivery with full-stack architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/TypeScript). Design event-driven services for Profit and Loss (PnL) and risk limits. Build backend services for intraday calculation and snapshots. Develop Excel-integrated solutions using Excel-DNA to bridge between C# and COM applications. Application Programming Interface (API)/messaging (Kafka/Solace) for downstream consumers. Implement CI/CD pipelines, Spark processing, and S3/Iceberg data lakes. Support macro trading/risk workflows with focus on structured and flow rates/FX instruments. Mentor engineers and drive modernization. Evaluate and implement AI/ML automation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology or a related field and 5 years of related work experience.
5 years of experience in: Java and Spring Boot, performance tuning and reactive programming (RxJava, WebFlux or Reactor).
5 years of experience in: Design patterns, data structures, and concurrency.
3 years of experience in: CI/CD pipeline engineering (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus and Grafana).
3 years of experience in: Containers and orchestration (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes and Argo CD).
2 years of experience in: Design fault-tolerant systems across multiple services/nodes, manage concurrent data flows to maintain data accuracy in high-throughput environments.
2 years of experience in: React or TypeScript production UI platforms and real-time browser APIs.
2 years of experience in: Messaging, event-driven architectures (Kafka, Solace, or RabbitMQ).
2 years of experience in: .NET and C# development with Excel integration such as Excel-DNA, RTD servers and COM interop.
2 years of experience in: Advanced SQL or schema optimization and query performance.
2 years of experience in: Finance, including macro trading, structured and flow rates.
1 year of experience in: Lead cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of technical roadmaps for complex software platforms.
1 year of experience in: FX and trade lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Lead Risk platform delivery with full-stack architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/TypeScript).
Design event-driven services for Profit and Loss (PnL) and risk limits.
Build backend services for intraday calculation and snapshots.
Develop Excel-integrated solutions using Excel-DNA to bridge between C# and COM applications.
Implement Application Programming Interface (API)/messaging (Kafka/Solace) for downstream consumers.
Implement CI/CD pipelines, Spark processing, and S3/Iceberg data lakes.
Support macro trading/risk workflows with focus on structured and flow rates/FX instruments.
Mentor engineers and drive modernization.
Evaluate and implement AI/ML automation.