Senior Software Developer

RBC•Toronto, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role within RBC Wealth Management Data Integrations team is responsible for partnering across cross-functional application development teams with assigned business line(s) to assess, research, and analyze business requirements, technical and system integration needs to build or enhance products, resolve issues by recommending technology solutions that meet sponsor/stakeholder needs. Participate in scrum ceremonies, product owner, requirement gathering sessions with analysts, collaborate with Architects to design solutions, write detailed technical design specifications, code, test and deploy Java web services using existing and emerging cloud technology platforms.

Requirements

5+ years of genuine Java back-end web services design, solution and development and maintenance experience focusing on SOAP/REST/GRAPHQL API development.
3+ years of playing the senior or lead developer role in a small or medium sized development team in large Financial Enterprise with excellent coding skills and mentoring skills.
Proficiency in translating business requirements into technical specifications with expertise in architectural design patterns (e.g., MVC, event-driven, microservices).
Awareness of industry best practices in software design, security, and scalability.
Experience working with Financial Services, banking or Wealth Management or Capital Markets.
Excellent written and verbal communication with great interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively deal with internal teams and partners under restrictive deadlines
Adaptability: Ability to stay current with emerging technologies and adjust to changing business needs with decision-making ability in selecting the right tools, frameworks, and platforms.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Snowflake Datawarehouse, ETL tools, Co-pilot, Agentic AI tools and popular LLM’s
Critical thinking and Lateral leadership
Analytical Thinking: role need to analyze complex systems and find optimal solutions.
Collaboration: Strong teamwork and collaboration across departments and with various stakeholders.
Skills in working across departments to ensure a smooth transition to new architectures.

Responsibilities

Designing and coding complex Java Spring boot API application programs and interfaces; perform component level testing, participate in integration, performance and load testing for developed applications hosted on premise and Cloud (AWS).
Reviewing, analyzing, and modifying programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale system.
Peer Review code, improve DevOPS pipeline, drive remediation Projects to ensure the application meets the Cyber Security hygiene standards, address legacy application tech debt.
Conducting analyses of organizational needs and goals for the development and implementation of application systems and adopt AI technologies within development tools (like Co-pilot) to improve code delivery velocity.
Ensuring the operating efficiency of existing application systems.
Maintaining records for the documentation of systems development and revisions.
Identify, introduce, and implement opportunities to streamline processes to improve the user story throughput.
Be receptive to change. Participate willingly and positively in change initiatives impacting own role.
Perform own job responsibilities with commitment to quality and customer satisfaction - doing what's right, for the team, for the enterprise.
Ensures problems are quickly identified through review, and engage appropriate staff and support personnel to resolve in a timely manner while providing the highest possible level of service to clients.

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
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
A world-class training program in financial services
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies