Lead Developer

Royal Bank of Canada•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Lead Developer to join the LeoTrade Development team supporting a large-scale wealth management application. The successful candidate will play a key role in the development, enhancement, modernization, and support of enterprise-grade applications and backend services. This role requires strong technical expertise in .NET Core, APIs, Azure Cloud, CI/CD Pipelines, Vue.JS, along with hands-on experience in large-scale distributed systems and complex financial applications. The candidate will collaborate closely with business systems analysts, architects, developers, QA team, and production support teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions.

Requirements

5+ years of software development experience in enterprise environments
Strong hands-on experience with: .Net Core development
Knowledge of performance engineering and scalability optimization
Azure Cloud
Experience with REST APIs and service-oriented architecture
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Experience with source control and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies

Nice To Haves

Experience in wealth management, portfolio management, or capital markets platforms
Experience with microservices architecture and modernization initiatives
Experience working with large-scale transactional systems
Experience with AI-assisted code generation, automated testing, vulnerability remediation/management, and development productivity enhancements
Familiarity with container platforms and OpenShift/Kubernetes
Experience with messaging/event-driven architecture
Experience supporting mission-critical production environments
Exposure to Vue.JS or modern UI frameworks is an asset

Responsibilities

Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications and backend services for the LeoTrade and BETALink applications.
Analyze and troubleshoot complex production and non-production issues
Collaborate with architecture and business teams to define scalable technical solutions
Contribute to system design, code reviews, development standards
Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership within the team
Participate in Agile delivery ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning and estimation activities