Lead Developer

Royal Bank of Canada • Toronto, ON

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Are you a creative, results-driven professional passionate about delivering high-performing applications? Join our collaborative and innovative team, where your ideas and contributions are valued. Global Functions Technology (GFT) is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. GFT’s impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration. GFT is known for fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and collaboration. Our team values learning, mentorship, and collaboration, creating an environment where you can thrive personally and professionally. The role is part of Finance and Audit Technology within GFT, focusing on maintaining critical ASP.NET Web Forms applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• 7+ years of professional full-stack software development experience
• Strong proficiency with .NET
• Strong proficiency with SQL Server
• Hands-on experience CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience using Generative AI tools and products to enhance code delivery
• Strong product mindset — ability to prioritize ruthlessly, deliver iteratively, and ship production features on tight timelines in an agile environment
• Experience building enterprise-scale applications with 50+ concurrent users, with attention to scalability, reliability, and security
• Excellent communication skills — technical writing, architecture documentation, and stakeholder presentations

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with large datasets – query tuning, pagination strategies, batching, and efficient data retrieval patterns
• Background in financial derivatives or capital markets (options, futures, swaps, valuations, risk)
• Familiarity with Tableau or other reporting tools
• Experience with IIS configuration and deployment of Web Forms applications

Responsibilities

• Maintain, enhance, and troubleshoot a production ASP.NET Web Forms application built on the .NET Framework
• Develop and consume SOAP-based web services for integration with internal systems
• Write, optimize, and maintain complex SQL Server stored procedures, views, and functions to support application data needs.
• Work with ADO.NET for direct database access, including data readers, datasets, and connection management
• Develop and maintain front-end interactions using jQuery and standard Web Forms controls
• Diagnose and resolve performance issues across the application stack – from database queries to page rendering
• Actively use GitHub Copilot and other generative AI tools to Accelerate code generation, Understand and document complex or undocumented legacy code, Analyze problems, explore solutions, and streamline day-to-day development activities, Generate and improve unit tests for existing and new code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to documentation of system behaviour and business logic
• Support production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes with minimal disruption
• Identify opportunities for incremental modernization while preserving system stability

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior